A man who suffered a serious back injury after he fell off his bike which slipped on a road surface where he claimed excessive sealant had been used has been awarded €64,000 by a High Court judge.

“It’s very tragic. He was a perfect little baby boy and something happened in the moments before delivery which tragically he was unable to recover from."

A Cork family was terrorised by two men armed with a gun and a meat cleaver who forced their way into their home at night and yesterday one of the raiders was jailed for five years.

A talented footballer has been sentenced to community service in lieu of time in prison for an assault he took part in as a teenager 13 years ago.

“He died ...due to a reaction to medication it was well known he was allergic to," the family said in their statement.

An apprentice carpenter has granted bail after being charged over a fatal one punch assault in Tallaght, Dublin.

Luke O'Reilly from Kiltipper was discovered with head injuries on the Old Blessington Road in the early hours of the first of November.

A man whom Gardaí believe to be a senior member of the IRA has been denied bail amid concerns for the safety of a prosecution witness.

Socialist TD Paul Murphy has accused the Taoiseach and two of his ministers of defaming him in connection with the Jobstown anti-water protest.

A couple has brought a legal challenge to a refusal to allow them to marry because it would allegedly be a sham marriage.

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SuperDisty supplies the software that helps online retailers to source products, writes Trish Dromey

Amazon is reportedly planning to build a new data centre campus in Mulhuddart, Dublin, as it looks to expand its Amazon Web Services business.

A father threatened to break his wife's teeth with knuckle-dusters when he held her at gunpoint during a siege at her south Dublin home, a court has heard.

A man has died in a road accident in Tallaght, Dublin last night.

Former tánaiste Joan Burton has told a court she was frightened and did not think she had the alternative of being able to get out of a garda car surrounded by people shouting abuse during the Jobstown water protest.

The latest gangland murder victim threatened a notorious criminal figure in the week before his death, gardaí have uncovered.

People with epilepsy often encounter a lack of awareness in the workplace. Some don’t even get as far as securing a job because of their condition, says Áilín Quinlan.

The owner of a fast-food takeaway has been fined €250 after a six-year-old girl found a metal blade when she bit into a chicken baguette.

Gardaí are continuing to quiz three men over a drug seizure in Tallaght, Dublin, on Friday.

The National Ambulance Service and trade union Siptu are set for talks at the Labour Relations Commission over concerns that pregnant paramedics may be forced to take unpaid time off before their maternity leave starts.

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses following an alleged false imprisonment and attack on two women who claim they were held hostage by men they met on Facebook.

Tánaiste Joan Burton will be the “star witness” if the Director of Public Prosecutions brings charges against people over events at last November’s anti-water charge protest in Tallaght, Dublin.

The family of a toddler who died almost two years ago after a car driven by a family friend accidentally rolled over her was yesterday awarded €36,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court for mental distress and loss against an insurance company.

Socialist TD Paul Murphy has moved to distance himself from some of the behaviour at Saturday’s protest against water charges following widespread criticism of the treatment of Tánaiste Joan Burton, who was hit in the face with a water balloon before being blocked in her car for more than two hours.

It was important that a Dublin man who was previously jailed for the false imprisonment of two women — including a horrific attack on a young graduate in the Dublin mountains in 2006 — be monitored, the Circuit Criminal Court in CrTalee was told yesterday.

Two women and a man have been arrested following the seizure of a number of firearms and drugs in Tallaght, Dublin yesterday.

Gardaí have released the name of a man whose body was found in a bog in Co Meath this week.

A fresh row has hit the new Cabinet with the revelation that state jobs were handed out to Coalition cronies — just days before they switched posts.

A report on the Garda removal of two Roma children from their parents in the false belief they were stolen children is not ready for publication, the Department of Justice has said.

Gardaí have seized €10,000 worth cannabis herb and an imitation firearm in Tallaght, Dublin.

Gardaí in Tallaght, Dublin, have discovered a deer's head at a house, under operation Bambi.

A teenager has been arrested after the seizure of a firearm in Tallaght, Dublin.

A next door neighbour of a woman shot dead in an attack in which her daughter was also injured will appear in court this morning charged with murder and attempted murder.

Childhood obesity has been found to be 9% lower in schools that took part in a targeted health programme.

A driver who has more than 200 convictions, including 24 for having no insurance, has been remanded for a written plea in mitigation by Tallaght Court.

Dermott Lennon is paying a high price for being in Geneva, Switzerland, this weekend... missing out on his children’s nativity play.

Proposed legislation for a new agency that will take over responsibility for child protection services from the HSE will be published today.

Unregistered Viagra-like pills which carry serious health risks were on sale at a sex shop, a court heard.

It’s often said that everybody has a ‘book in them’ and that it is never too late to write.

A court has heard a woman on trial for murdering her husband told gardaí that she wanted a fresh start with decent money and he would not sign the house over.