The judge who likened the social welfare system to a “Polish charity” yesterday issued a full apology after one group threatened to lodge an official complaint with gardaí.

Members of the Occupy Dame St protest last night converged once more on Dublin’s Central Bank with the intention of resurrecting the camp which had been dismantled by gardaí earlier in the day.

For almost 1,500 days, the body of teenager Marioara Rostas lay hidden in a shallow grave in Co Wicklow, writes Barry Cummins

Two men were charged in court today over a botched attempted armed robbery of a jewellery shop on Dawson Street, in Dublin city centre last Friday.

A 15-year-old boy, who is about to become a father, and already has 29 criminal conviction has escaped prosecution for an alleged mugging of a foreign national.

Gardaí have named the 27-year-old man who died this morning five days after he was assaulted as he walked along Dublin’s O'Connell St.

Iarnród Éireann is upgrading services this weekend as part of an ongoing investment programme.