A man jailed for life for the murder of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity has lost his appeal against conviction.

The man in jail for shooting rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick nearly seven years ago is due to find out today if he has won an appeal against his murder conviction.

The man convicted of murdering innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity must wait to hear whether his appeal against conviction has been successful.

A man jailed for murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity has sought to have his conviction overturned .

Gardaí in Dublin have renewed their appeal for information about the murder of a 33-year-old man in the city centre last weekend.

Gardaí are renewing their appeal for witnesses to the murder of a man in Dublin city centre last weekend.

A man is still being held by Gardaí investigating the murder of another man in Dublin on Sunday night.

An inquest into the death of Shane Geoghegan is to due to open at Limerick Coroners Court today.

The Special Criminal Court has heard how John Dundon ordered a hit on another man the night before Shane Geoghegan was killed.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in an attempted armed robbery has today heard evidence of garda surveillance of cars allegedly involved in the heist.

A verdict is expected later today in the trial of a man accused of gunning down Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The jury will resume deliberations at the Central Criminal Court tomorrow morning in the trial of a Dublin man charged with murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The Shane Geoghegan murder trial has today heard that the apparent intended target lived four doors away from the rugby player on the night he was shot, in a case of mistaken identity.

A detective has refuted defence claims that he threatened murder-accused Barry Doyle to "come clean" over the killing of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The jury in the Shane Geoghegan murder trial has seen a video of the accused man admitting to Mr Geoghegan’s shooting.

The man accused of murdering Shane Geoghegan agreed with investigating gardaí that the killing was the worst crime the country had seen in years.

The man accused of murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan agreed with investigating gardai that the killing was the worst crime the country had seen in years.

A 24-year-old Limerick housewife has testified to hearing the defendant in the Shane Geoghegan murder trial discuss the shooting in which the rugby player was killed, insisting he got the right man.

The jury in the Shane Geoghegan murder trial has been given a demonstration of how the gun used to murder the Garryowen rugby player could be loaded and unloaded.

The man charged with murdering rugby player Shane Geoghegan allegedly admitted to the Limerick shooting during garda interviews, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 26-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick in 2008.

The jury in the trial of the man charged with murdering Shane Geoghegan has failed to reach a verdict after 15 and a half hours deliberating.

The jury in the Shane Geoghegan trial has been discharged after being declared a hung jury.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering Shane Geoghegan has been sent home after a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict.

The jury in the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has gone home after a second day of deliberations.

The jury in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has been told today that it can return a majority verdict.

The jury is out in the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The defence has accused Gardaí of lying over a confession made by the man on trial for shooting Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

The man who admitted shooting rugby player Shane Geoghegan gave gardaí rosary beads to give to Mr Geoghegan’s mother, his trial has heard.

The trial of a man accused of murdering Shane Geoghegan in Limerick has heard that the accused man - Barry Doyle - admitted to gardaí that the Garryowen rugby player was an "innocent victim".

A fresh jury has today been sworn in to hear the trial of a Dublin man accused of murdering rugby player, Shane Geoghegan in Limerick.

A 24-year-old Dublin man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick in 2008.

Three robbers whose armed raid of a high-end jewellery store was foiled by the brave actions of the owner and passers-by will be sentenced early next year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An "impressionable" young Dublin man with no previous convictions has been sentenced to seven years in prison for transporting €140,000 of drugs for a man whom he claimed protected him from bullies.

A third man has been charged this evening over a botched attempted armed robbery of a jewellery shop on Dawson Street, in Dublin city centre last Friday.

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

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 17-year-old boy is to face trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for allegedly leading gardaí on a high-speed car chase and crashing into three vehicles.

A date has been set by the Central Criminal Court for the trial of a 29-year-old man accused of murdering Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Garryowen rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

Investigations are continuing into the murder of a suspected Irish drug dealer on Spain's Costa Del Sol yesterday afternoon.

The man shot in Spain early this afternoon has been named as Patrick Doyle, aged 27, from Portland Row in north inner city Dublin.

Two teenagers who assaulted an Indian man on his way to a hospital appointment with his pregnant wife have been jailed by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The families of victims killed in the Dublin Monaghan bombings have criticised delays in a Government-commissioned investigation as it passes its sixth deadline.