THE High Court has further remanded on bail three men wanted in Lithuania on weapons and terrorism charges.

The High Court has remanded in custody a convicted member of the Real IRA wanted in Lithuania on charges of attempting to acquire weapons and ammunition and being engaged in terrorism.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the families and victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing are entitled to the transcripts and books of evidence used in the trials of five men at the Special Criminal Court as part of a civil case being brought against the five in the North.

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal later this week against the High Court ruling that the families of some victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing are entitled to certain, but not all, of the documentation they had been seeking from five persons to be used in proceedings for damages against the five in the Northern Ireland courts.

A further three people have been arrested over the murder of a man in an attempted car-jacking, gardai confirmed today.

One man died and another was left fighting for his life after a clash with car thieves, gardaí revealed today.

Gardaí in Co Louth are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man during an altercation near Dundalk last night.

Gardaí in Co Louth have seized a batch of counterfeit DVDs worth more than €200,000.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Real IRA member Liam Campbell for membership of an illegal organisation.

A Louth pensioner is recovering this morning after intruders ransacked her Dundalk home and stole cash.

A Monaghan man who is being sued by relatives of the victims of the Omagh bombing was jailed for three and a half years at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for membership of an illegal organisation, namely the Real IRA.

The Special Criminal Court has sentenced a 39-year-old Co Louth farmer to five years in prison after convicting him of membership of the Real IRA.

The Special Criminal Court has convicted a 39-year-old Co Louth farmer of membership of the Real IRA.

Four men arrested after Special Branch detectives swooped on dissident republicans at a Co Meath hotel were further remanded in custody for a fortnight at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.