The Special Criminal Court has ruled that evidence from 11 members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the retrial of two men accused of the murder of dissident republican Peter Butterly almost four years ago should be given anonymously and with the public excluded from court.

14 dead as Paris floods threaten works of art.

Edmond Sexton did record bowling at Lyre in his three bowls of odds win over Thomas Mackle in the Mother Hegarty Cup on Sunday.

From fertile winelands and beautiful deserts to tranquil lagoons and dramatic canyons, one of the latest GoHop tours incorporates an array of landscapes aimed to provide the wow factor. 

The sale of convents around the country chronicles the rapidly changing status of the Catholic Church, one of Ireland’s largest and most enduring institutions.

The guide for this substantial four bed detached home indicates a resurgent market, writes Tommy Barker.

The Special Criminal Court has been asked to direct a finding of not guilty in the case of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly.

A man on trial, charged with murdering a dissident republican, has today denied that clothes found in his car shortly after the shooting were a change of clothing for the killer.

A former murder accused-turned State witness wanted to give his evidence from behind security glass and out of the public’s view, when testifying against his three former co-accused.

Security arrangements are being made for a former murderer accused turned prosecution witness to give evidence in the Special Criminal Court trial of three men charged with murdering dissident republican Peter Butterly.

The world’s largest festival of juggling and circus skills continues this weekend, as fireworks light up a harbour festival in west Cork, and the country’s oldest horse race meeting goes ahead in Co Kerry.

A 90-year-old widow died on Tuesday night after being knocked down by a car as she made her way to a weekly bingo session.

Germany has dispatched thousands of soldiers to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers, a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501.

Raging waters from three rivers have poured into the old town of Passau in south east Germany, one of the cities worst hit by the flooding that has spread across a large area of central Europe.

Three men appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court over the weekend charged in connection with the fatal shooting of dissident republican Peter Butterly in Co Meath.

A “suspect” Garda file on a key witness in the trial of Catherine Nevin for the murder of her husband was a “worthless” document, the principle investigating officer in the case told the Court of Criminal Appeal today.

THE State has been ordered to explain why it is seeking legal privilege over documents wanted by ‘Black Widow’ Catherine Nevin in her fresh bid for freedom.

The hearing of part of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin's bid to have her conviction for the murder of her husband Tom declared a miscarriage of justice due to take place next week has been adjourned following a request from her legal team.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has expressed his full support for Steven Gerrard in the wake of the midfielder being charged with assault and affray following an incident in a bar in Southport earlier this week.

Football star Steven Gerrard is due back for training today after he was charged with assaulting a club DJ.

THE streets of Cork city yesterday reverberated to the deep rumble of motorcycle engines as hundreds of grizzled bikers stormed the city.

CONVICTED murderer Catherine Nevin has begun proceedings to get the DPP or Garda commissioner to disclose whether the three men who gave evidence at her trial were state informers.

Pregnant women attending Dublin's Rotunda Hospital are being forced to stay in hotel rooms because of a shortage of beds on the wards, it emerged today.

The State today apologised unreservedly to Co Donegal man Frank Shortt for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment on trumped up charges that he allowed the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

A laywer told the Supreme Court today that Co Donegal man Frank Shortt is "still living the nightmare" for his wrongful conviction and arrest on charges of allowing the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

Flood victims waded into their homes to shovel out mud and clean-up crews cleared the debris from streets after heavy rains deluged central and southern Europe, killing 34 people.

FLOOD victims waded into their homes yesterday to shovel out mud and clean-up crews cleared the debris from streets after heavy rains deluged central and southern Europe.

THE mother of murdered Cork woman Gráinne Dillon has spoken out about the failure of the legal system to include families like hers in the judicial process.

DON BULLMAN, the Cork chef charged yesterday with membership of the IRA, worked in the same pub where Sinn Féin activist Tom Hanlon worked as a part-time bouncer.

Fans of The Quiet Man film – set in Ireland in 1951 – plan to dub the John Ford classic into the Irish language, it emerged today.

A Fine Gael TD tonight expressed regret for a car accident which left a man in hospital with severe injuries.

THERE was double delight for John Condon at the Cappoquin, Clogheen & District coursing meeting yesterday.

THE family of murder victim Gráinne Dillon wants her former employer prosecuted for criminal negligence.

THE former owner of two massage parlours claimed yesterday he was dragged from his bedroom and severely beaten and his family were threatened in the name of the IRA to get him to make cash payments of up to 12,700.