Gardaí are on the hunt for a suspected drug dealer who failed to show up for a court appearance today in Dublin today.

Two men are due in court later this morning in connection with a major drugs bust on Dublin's southside.

Two men have appeared in court charged in connection with a major drugs bust in Rathcoole, Dublin.

SHANNON-BASED, US-owned aircraft leasing firm General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) recorded pre-tax losses last year totalling $24 million (€16.7m).

PRE-TAX profits at a Dutch- owned Shannon-based aircraft leasing company decreased by 38% to $45 million (€32.8m) in 2009.

A WORLD-leading aircraft leasing firm in Shannon last year more than doubled its pre-tax profits to $66 million (€45.9m).

Two men are due in court this morning on separate murder charges.

THE strategy being used to fight the economic imbalance between the north and south-east of England will form a case study at a conference which will focus on issues impacting on Ireland’s western seaboard.

ENTERPRISE IRELAND’S regional headquarters at Westpark Business Park in Shannon, Co Clare were officially opened yesterday.

THE Supreme Court has reserved judgment in an appeal that could have major implications for the conduct of trials for membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court.

A Dublin Sinn Féin member who was jailed for four years for IRA membership last year was freed on bail by the Court of Criminal Appeal today pending the outcome of a landmark legal challenge to anti-terrorist legislation.

A new so-called 'datacentre' is to form part of a €160m IDA-backed business park being constructed in Shannon, Co Clare.

Two Dublin men who demanded money for the Continuity IRA from the owner of a Temple Bar lap dancing club were jailed for membership of an illegal organisation by the Special Criminal Court today.

A Dublin man who demanded money for the Continuity IRA from a lap dancing club owner was found guilty of membership of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

A verdict is expected next Tuesday morning in the case of a former Irish soldier accused of membership of an illegal organisation.

A former Army Corporal who served 26 years in the Defence Forces today denied membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the IRA at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

A witness told a Special Criminal Court trial today that he believed an extra payment of €25,000 demanded after a threat was made to his club was "essential to keep the club open".

A Dublin man dramatically changed his plea and admitted membership of an illegal organisation during the fourth day of his trial at the Special Criminal Court today.

A Dublin businessman told the Special Criminal Court today that he ran away from his lap dancing club in Temple Bar because of threats from the Continuity IRA.

Two Dublin men who claimed they were in the Continuity IRA demanded money from the owner of a lap dancing club in Temple Bar, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Mícheál Lehane looks at victims of crime who have to suffer the justice system to get justice.

The mother of a young electronic technician who was fatally stabbed outside a house in Dublin has promised her son’s death will not be in vain.

A 21-year-old Dublin man was today convicted of the manslaughter of a young electronic technician who was randomly stabbed as he stood outside a house in a north Dublin suburb in 2001.

A murder trial jury was sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict in the case of a 21-year-old man accused of murdering another man in Dublin in 2001.

The jury in the trial of a 21 year-old Dublin man on trial for the murder a young computer technician will retire on Monday to consider their verdict.

A young electronic technician who died from a fatal stab wound was "no more than an innocent bystander who was in the wrong place at the wrong time", a prosecuting lawyer told a murder trial jury today.

A witness told a murder trial jury today that a group of people at a house party “panicked” because they thought an angry gang was waiting outside the house.

A man who stabbed a young Dublin computer analyst said he was handed a knife by his friend as he left a party and intended only to defend himself and “put frighteners” on a couple of young men waiting outside for him, a murder trial heard today.

A 21-year-old man on trial for murder told one of his friends that he had stabbed another man as they left a house party in the early hours of the morning, a murder trial jury heard today.

A 21-year-old Dublin man today pleaded not guilty to the murder of another young man in 2001 at the Central Criminal Court.

Two men have appeared before a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin charged with membership of the IRA.