DNA on a screwdriver found at the scene of a fatal stabbing matched the deceased and one of the two men accused of his murder, a trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman has told a murder trial that she tried to intervene while her boyfriend was being stabbed to death by two men.

Originally a gated community catering for the Victorian elite, The Crescent in the harbour town of Cobh presents a rare opportunity with stunning views, says Tommy Barker.

The most recent resale at The Crescent, off Cork’s Farranlea Road, was to private/family buyers, but that was for a version of this novel, contemporary crescent-shaped terrace of three storey homes which had an added-on ground floor room that made it even more suitable for smallies.

Yesterday’s 12th of July celebrations North and South would have bamboozled King Billy himself.

Limerick’s bid for European Capital of Culture in 2020 went off without a hitch on Tuesday July 12, with limerick looking like the lady it is for the eight hour tour the visiting judges were brought on.

7 The Crescent is in good shape, says Tommy Barker.

A man charged with murdering another man in a “frenzied” knife attempted to flee Limerick District court yesterday morning.

A Dublin man who led gardaí to a van containing over €370,000 of drugs when he failed to use the indicators on his car has been jailed for seven and a half years.

A man who died in an alleged “frenzied assault” at a house last Thursday night was stabbed 23 times, Limerick Distrtict Court has heard.

Gardaí have brought two men before a special court sitting in Limerick charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man.

A man has been rushed to hospital after falling off a ladder while painting a building in Limerick City.

The biggest outdoor art event ever witnessed in this country takes its first, spectacular step today when a giant grandmother commences a three-day odyssey through the streets of Limerick.

HAVE you ever wondered what it might have been like when banquets were held in fairytale castles, and the mead flowed freely for ladies and lords of the manor? 

A family of three, who had to flee their home for their own safety in the middle of the night, has been awarded damages for assault against a Dublin businessman and landlord and his two sons.

Three men have appeared in court in Waterford this afternoon charged in relation to a drugs seizure in the city on Friday.

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The High Court has ruled that a 57-year-old man is entitled to a 120-acre farm of a man who turned out to be his biological father.

A judge said the Court Service was independent of him and he was independent of it when he refused a request to order the handing over of district court audio tapes.

THERE’S something about Montenotte — the quality of the buildings, or that feeling of the last vestige of Empire.

A Dublin man was cleared by the Special Criminal Court today of possessing bomb-making equipment at a Clondalkin apartment.

A young Belfast man told detectives he was in Dublin to meet someone about “finance and accommodation”, after his arrest at a Clondalkin apartment on suspicion of unlawfully possessing bomb-making material, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A young Dublin man denied knowing anything about bomb-making paraphernalia discovered during an armed raid on a Clondalkin apartment, when he was questioned by gardaí, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Residents at a Clondalkin apartment block were evacuated and a team from the army bomb disposal unit called in after bomb-making equipment was discovered in one of the apartments, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Enough explosive material to fully construct four pipe bombs was discovered during an armed raid on a Clondalkin apartment, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Armed detectives were acting on information that bomb-making equipment was found during a raid on a Clondalkin apartment when they arrested a young Dublin man in a car park next to the complex, a court has heard today.

A Monaghan man in his 20s failed to offer any explanation for why he had certain explosive materials in his presence when he was arrested during an armed raid on a Dublin apartment, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Explosive materials were discovered by Gardai who raided a Dublin apartment as part of a surveillance operation in Clondalkin, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Two of the men charged last month with possession of explosive materials in Dublin have been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

One of the five men charged last week with possession of explosive materials in Dublin has been released on bail at the Special Criminal Court today.

The Special Criminal Court has remanded in custody five men arrested in connection with the discovery of explosive materials in a Dublin apartment.

YOU can’t beat Broadale for a Douglas address, even if it is off Maryborough Hill.

A Tallaght man who killed a teenage schoolgirl while speeding on his uninsured motorbike has been jailed for three years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

SUBURBAN semis and homes don’t come in much better locations than this brand-new market offering, 19 Beaumont Crescent in Cork city’s suburbs.

A 16-year-old girl has been shot with a pellet gun in a Northern Ireland seaside resort – the second teenager to be shot in the town on the same day – it was revealed today.

THE JESUITS have received a number of offers which match or exceed the €4 million asking price for their church and residence in Limerick, according to well placed sources.

AS TALKS on the completion of the sale of the Jesuit Church in Limerick continued yesterday, another religious order said they will discontinue ministering in the city in two years’ time.

SEALED bids for a historic Jesuit church and adjoining residence will be opened in a Limerick solicitor’s office today.

JIM O’FARRELL knows the streets of his native Limerick better than most.

AN infill development of a small crescent of houses in Bishopstown has the kind of location that you only pass if you live there.

The best friend of a man murdered in a suspected drug-related execution and who was also beaten up at his funeral has been jailed for four years by Judge Yvonne Murphy.