The trial of former Dublin Assistant County Manager, George Redmond, charged with receiving a bribe in return for purchasing development land, has heard he was originally reluctant to buy it.
The body of a Waterford woman whose husband is on trial for her murder would have been dumped in a river not far from where her body was found two weeks after her disappearance a Central Criminal Court jury has
Politicians in the North hit out at the UK government tonight after it decided to reduce the sexual age of consent in the province against the wishes of the Stormont Assembly.
Relatives of 11 people killed by the British army in disputed circumstances today appealed for TDs to support their campaign for an independent inquiry.
A Wexford man charged with raping a 14-year-old baby-sitter in his sister's home was threatened with being "knee-capped" unless he pleaded guilty and has been subjected to silent phonecalls.
A 'shopaholic' who continued to falsely claim State benefits while her case for defrauding almost €100,000 from her employer was going through the courts has been jailed for one year.
The Taoiseach used his address to the Joint Houses of Congress in Washington this afternoon to make a case for undocumented Irish immigrants to the US.
A taxi driver found in possession of drugs worth over €110,000 has been jailed for seven years by Judge Frank O'Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Psychiatric nurses are refusing to work overtime from today as part of their campaign for an improved compensation scheme for nurses who are attacked on the job.
