The Children's Rights Alliance has said the practice of detaining young offenders at St Patrick's Institution must stop.

A man is fighting for life in hospital after being airlifted from a cliff fall in north Co. Dublin.

Six teenage boys arrested over an alleged baseball attack on a man have been remanded on bail at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A Romanian teenager, who was found guilty of trespassing at the home of a 78-year-old woman, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence at the Dublin Children’s Court.

FOR many people it is the romance of racing that is the attraction; of being part of – or merely witnessing – fabled stories which are ultimately woven into the very fabric of the sport and become legend.

A full-scale flood evacuation is being simulated in north Co. Dublin today.

Injury concerns Aiden McGeady and Shay Given once again took no part in training with the Republic of Ireland squad in Malahide this evening.

A 17-year-old boy, who lashed out at a garda with a wooden baton during a crimewave, has been given a 10-month sentence, by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

Gardaí are investigating a robbery at the post office in Howth, north Co. Dublin, this morning.

A then-13-year-old boy, who was carrying a knife when he attacked a teenage schoolgirl, has released on probation for six months on condition he attends anger-management counselling.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Baiba Saulite.

A legal challenge against the site chosen for the new Mountjoy Prison was dropped this afternoon.

The Taoiseach has confirmed that Mr Justice Fergus Flood has resigned fully from the Flood Tribunal.

A man is still being questioned by Gardai in Dublin in connection with the death of a 42-year-old man whose body was found in a house in South Dublin.