A 58-year-old Dublin man who was jailed for 10 years for possessing cannabis and ecstasy valued at over €200,000 has had his sentence reduced by four years on appeal.

An English man jailed for the killing of his former partner has brought a challenge against the Minister for Justice's refusal to allow him transfer to a prison in the UK.

The Milano restaurant chain is to create 25 new jobs in south Dublin with the opening of a new eaterie in Ranelagh, it was announced today.

A 44-year-old man is due to be sentenced at the Central Criminal Court later today for killing a young mother, whom he stabbed in the back six times.

There were no family members or relatives present for Rebecca Hoban in the Central Criminal Court today when a 44-year-old UK man was found guilty of her manslaughter.

The judge in the trial of a drug addict accused of murdering Dubliner Rebecca Hoban has told the jury to think “long and hard” about his alleged confession to her murder.

A man on trial for murdering a young Dublin woman confessed that he “did her” because she was planning to kill him and take his money, a garda witness told the Central Criminal Court.

A man on trial for murdering Dubliner Rebecca Hoban over a year ago told gardaí there was “a hell of a struggle” before he killed her at his bedsit.

A homeless British man on trial for murdering a young Dubliner, stabbed her in the back six times puncturing her lungs and causing them to collapse, the Central Criminal Court has heard today.

A 44-year-old man accused of murdering a young Dublin woman over a year ago, told emergency services he was an “evil f***er” who had stabbed a woman.

A man accused of murdering a mother of one at a homeless shelter in Dublin City just more than a year ago, has been told that the DPP has refused to accept his plea of guilty to manslaughter.

A Chinese man who sexually assaulted a woman and mugged and beat a young girl has been given a three-year suspended sentence on condition that he leave the country immediately and not return for 15 years.

A Chinese man who sexually assaulted a woman and mugged and beat a young girl is “no longer welcome in this country” according to Judge Patrick McCartan.

Two women have died following separate overnight house fires in Dublin.

Gardaí were today quizzing a 43-year-old UK national after a woman was found stabbed to death in a flat.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested a 43-year-old man following the fatal stabbing of a young woman in the south of the city last night.

A Dublin teenager serving a 12-year sentence for the brutal rape of a homeless woman has been given a concurrent three-year sentence for stabbing a man who let him sleep in his flat.

A 15-year-old drug dealer who carries a knife and associates with prostitutes has been taken off the streets for his own safety by a concerned judge.

Gardai in Rathmines are appealing for witnesses in a suspicious death case to come forward.