A man who held a hammer in his hand when he trapped a former colleague in his car, rubbed chilli powder on her face and told her to "say your last prayer", has been found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity.
A Midlands mother was stopped coming through Dublin Airport with €30,000 worth of cannabis resin after enjoying a birthday party in Lanzarote, it has been alleged.
SINEAD O’Connor is featured on a new single called Cinderella recorded with her friend Irish blues legend Don Baker that has just been released.
A man who sexually abused his three-year-old cousin has been jailed for four years.
Nearly 1,000 fixed charge notices for speeding offences on a Co Kilkenny road will be revoked, gardaí have said, as a result of “human error”.
A graffiti artist who looked like "butter wouldn't melt in his mouth" but caused more than €60,000 worth of damage to trains has been spared jail.
Police have confirmed that no further action will be taken following a review of Kneecap’s performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
The father of the 12-year old boy allegedly assaulted with a stick by former All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler Niall Gilligan phoned him from an A&E to say “you just viciously attacked my son”, a court has heard.
An alleged rioter was remanded into custody today after he was identified throwing missiles at police and breaking into a car which was then set on fire.
A man has been seriously injured following a collision in Co Roscommon on Friday morning.
The funeral of a Waterford man who died following an accident on his motorbike last Friday has heard how he loved restoring tractors, cooking roast dinners for his family, and how he’s the reason his daughter believes in true love.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for two counties as heavy rain and possible thunderstorms are expected.
A mother-of-five who bit, scraped and spat at two gardaí has been given a six-month prison sentence.
Little did the late Myles O’Sullivan think when he nominated Cahersiveen Community Hospital as the beneficiary of this year’s Iveragh Vintage Field Day that he himself would ever avail of their services.
A garda jailed for a savage attack on his ex-partner was once disciplined during the Raonaid Murray murder probe.
A man has admitted causing the death of his 21-year-old niece just three weeks after she gave birth to a baby boy.
A young man who was allegedly assaulted by an on-duty garda admitted that he had resisted arrest in the past but didn’t resist on this occasion.
A phone technician caught with over €2,000 of cocaine and cannabis planned to take the drugs to induce a heart attack, a court has heard.
A concert-goer punched another man in the face after he made “incredibly offensive” and derogatory remarks about his girlfriend, a court heard.
The chief suspect for the murder of a 28-year-old woman had already fled the country on a ferry before her body was found in a wood in west Dublin, garda investigations have established.
Gangster Brian Rattigan’s ex-girlfriend Natasha McEnroe drunkenly drove her high-powered Audi on Dublin’s M50, and then tried to flee by running across lanes of the motorway, a court has heard.
Sinéad O’Connor’s father Seán has opened up the impact of his daughter’s passing nearly two years on from the Irish singer’s death in July 2023.
An Irish bar worker described as a “beautiful and kind human being” has died just three weeks after being diagnosed with leukaemia and Covid-19.
Greystones Fire Services tackled a fire on Wednesday which broke out in a vehicle parked outside a house at an estate in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
Five days into his trial for the unlawful killing of 73-year-old Tom Niland, who was beaten in his home and left to die by three men, John Irving this morning changed his plea to guilty.
A man is due to appear in court following a six-hour stand-off with counter terrorism police in Belfast.
Aer Lingus has announced new winter flights from Cork Airport to Geneva and Prague, as well as a new seasonal route from Dublin to Turin.
Heavy and thundery rain is in store for Ireland, bringing a risk of spot flooding, as weather will remain “changeable” and “rather unsettled” for the rest of the week, Met Éireann has said.
President Donald Trump is attempting to make US Coca-Cola Mexican again by pushing the beverage company to use real cane sugar, saying, “It’s just better.”
Garda resources have been called into question following a spate of suspected knife attacks in Arklow over recent weeks.
A DEA undercover agent infiltrates a global drug cartel plotting to flood Australia with fentanyl.
A woman is arrested by officers probing the assassination of Wicklow man Steven O’Meara, who was shot and buried in a shallow grave more than ten years ago.
Two young people were arrested as gardaí seized drugs worth €715,000 in Dublin yesterday.
A garda has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court accused of assaulting a teenager in Temple Bar in 2021.
Tributes have been paid to a teenage girl who passed away from her injuries in hospital following a two-vehicle collision in Tuam on Sunday.
A shoplifter living with multiple sclerosis was on a “raft” of medication and had no memory of taking goods from a supermarket and pharmacy, a court heard.
An administration worker punched his former housemate following a row over dust from a vacuum cleaner getting on to newly washed clothes, a court has heard.
A former gangland criminal serving an 18-year jail term for his part in a tiger kidnapping has been cleared of having a phone in prison.
A Ballymena schoolgirl was walking along a street in the town when she was allegedly dragged into a garage, then raped and sexually assaulted by three males, a court heard today.
A man described as the manager of the “entire cell of a drug distribution network in the Dublin area” has been jailed for 15 years after he was caught with almost nine million worth of assorted drugs, over €1 million in cash and a stolen garda …
A Longford hairdresser labelled by a judge as “sort of guilty” of money-laundering and possession of a significant quantity of jewellery has received community service and a suspended prison sentence following her appearance at Longford Circuit …
A jury was told today that former All-Star and Clare All-Ireland winning hurler, Niall Gilligan “whacked” a 12 year old boy on the leg with a stick during an an alleged assault in October 2023.
Ireland’s oldest woman Sarah Coyle has died at the age of 108.
A woman, who used her fingernails to attack her sister-in-law at a post office in Dublin, after previously punching, kicking and pulling the hair of a mother on a school run, has avoided jail.
Lilly Gerrard has revealed the name that she and Dublin boyfriend Lee Byrne picked for their newborn baby girl.
PSNI has dropped a criminal investigation into a scandal-hit UVF-linked community group.
A restaurant-owner accused of an arson attack, which caused in the region of €3m worth of damage to several businesses in the Grafton Court area of Longford town last year, has had an application to have his trial moved to a Dublin court refused.
Funeral details were announced Tuesday for pensioner Michael Hayes who was allegedly murdered in Limerick City, as the man charged with his killing appeared in court.
A businessman whose company was paid €10m to house asylum seekers was named in a CAB case brought against members of a feuding crime gang.
