A jury has convicted two brothers of causing their uncle serious harm in an alcohol-fuelled row at his home almost four years ago.

A jury is today expected to begin its deliberations in a case in which two brothers are accused of a serious assault on their uncle at his home almost four years ago.

The absence of “really important” evidence from a witness was a massive piece of the jigsaw that was missing in an assault case, a court heard yesterday.

A 49-year-old man who received “devastating” injuries in a fight at his home yesterday told a jury that he had no memory of the incident almost four years ago.

One of two brothers charged with assaulting an uncle phoned another uncle on the night of the alleged incident to say he was “after having it” with the injured party, a court heard yesterday.

Tommy Barker says a suburban house benefits from space — in and out.

Residents in a housing estate with excessive lead levels in their water supply have been advised by a local authority not to drink the water.

Four teenage girls are being treated in hospital this morning after an aerosol exploded in a house in Drogheda, Co Louth yesterday afternoon.

Several teenagers have been brought to hospital after at least one aerosol exploded in a house in Drogheda, Co. Louth this afternoon.

Tralee GAA club John Mitchels merge old and new as they look to the future

Gardaí are continuing a question a 40-year-old woman over the murder of a man in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

A murder probe was launched last night after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Co Louth.

The man who was killed in a knife attack in Co Louth last night, has been named locally as Wayne McQuillan.

The grieving family of an 80-year-old pedestrian who lost her life in a road accident hugged the driver in court yesterday.

The road system in Kerry is unlikely to be maintained to an acceptable level this year, due to council funds being slashed by €22m.

Two men in a stolen van driven by a 16-year-old girl at high speed tried to evade capture by a chasing Garda car by dumping a keg of beer, wooden crates, three bags of cement, a hammer, and two wooden planks in the path of the car.

Most Bus Éireann services around the country are operating as per normal this morning with some delays and diversions in affected areas.

Met Eireann has predicted another "major event" which could lead to flooding in some areas of the country over the next few days.

The bad weather is continuing to cause considerable disruption to public transport.

A 4,000 tonne delivery of salt for treating roads is due to arrive in Cork this evening.

Both Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus have said some routes are facing curtailments and diversions because of the continuing hazards of compacted snow and ice.

Met Éireann has issued an updated severe weather alert as the country faces another day of freezing conditions.

SIX charges against former Ireland international soccer player Gary Kelly were struck out at Drogheda district court yesterday after the judge was told by the alleged victims they did not want to proceed with their complaints.

FORMER Ireland international soccer player Gary Kelly appeared before Drogheda District Court yesterday to face charges of trespass with intent to commit criminal damage.

SOME patients in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, are to be moved to different wards during refurbishments which got under way yesterday.

A 10-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after being knocked down by a car in Dundalk last night.

Two 35-year-old men have appeared in court in Co Louth charged in connection with an alleged shooting incident, in which a 51-year-old man was shot in the leg.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the families and victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing are entitled to the transcripts and books of evidence used in the trials of five men at the Special Criminal Court as part of a civil case being brought against the five in the North.

Transcripts and books of evidence used in the trials of five men at the Special Criminal Court are "intensely relevant" to a civil action being brought against them in the North by victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the Supreme Court heard today.

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal later this week against the High Court ruling that the families of some victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing are entitled to certain, but not all, of the documentation they had been seeking from five persons to be used in proceedings for damages against the five in the Northern Ireland courts.

Judgment has been reserved in a High Court action brought by the families of some victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing aimed at securing documents from five persons to be used in proceedings for damages against the five in the Northern Ireland courts.

The families of some of those killed in the Omagh bombing are seeking the discovery of documentation from five individuals who have appeared before the Special Criminal Court and are being sued for damages arising out of the 1998 explosion that killed 29 people, the High Court in Dublin heard today.

The Director of Public Prosecutions failed today in his bid to have prison sentences increased on two men, including a man being sued in connection with the 1998 Omagh bomb, who were jailed after gardaí discovered a major bomb making operation near the border.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgement in an application by relatives of the Omagh bomb victims for documentation to help their civil compensation case against those suspected of carrying out the 1998 atrocity.

GARDAÍ in Waterford have warned residents to be vigilant when dealing with door-to-door callers following a series of break-ins at a number of houses in the city.

THIS is an unusual sale in many respects — house sales in Marian Park, Pouladuff, don’t go public, according to estate agent, Darragh Taaffe, and are usually passed on within the family.

A second man arrested after a major Garda operation pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today to having a massive quantity of explosives near the border last year.

Four men were arrested after a major garda operation led to the discovery of a large quantity of home made explosives near the border last year, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

The Special Criminal Court today refused bail to three men charged in connection with the discovery of a massive bomb near the border last month.

Dissident republican terror suspects were close to completing a bomb twice the size of the device which killed 29 people in the Omagh atrocity when gardaí swooped, a court heard today.

Four men charged in connection with the discovery of explosives finds during garda raids in Co Louth last week were further remanded when they appeared before the Special Criminal Court today.

Gardai in Co Louth have arrested two local men in connection with an armed robbery at an amusement arcade on Sunday night.

Six alleged dissident republicans who were arrested after a swoop on a house in Dundalk, Louth, last January were charged with firearms and ammunition offences at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Six men accused of being members of a republican paramilitary group were today remanded in custody by Dublin’s Special Criminal Court.