Sean Guerin SC for the Director of Public Prosecutions in his opening speech, said that there is no dispute that the accused man, Billy Burns (55), was suffering from a mental illness when he assaulted his mother.

John Bowe (41) was arrested following the chase, which occurred outside Bunclody, Co Wexford on December 5th 2014.

She was convicted and sentenced to three months on both counts, fully suspended for a period of two years

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

William Cawley (52), who has been homeless since he was 16, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of burglary at Footlocker on O’Connell Street on November 23rd 2023.

A disqualified driver who caused €10,000 worth of damage to a Garda patrol car during a pursuit has been jailed for three years and nine months

The man, aged in his 20s, who was arrested by gardaí, is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda Station in the Clare-Tipperary Division.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) last July upheld the State’s appeal against a High Court ruling on proceedings taken by the Commission.

Five Tipperary men are being prosecuted by the Competition Authority for alleged offences relating to the provision of school transport services across five counties.

Moderator Rev Trevor Gribben said people within the Church had been harmed and others placed at risk.

Counsel told the court that Jason Symes, one of the two key witnesses in the case, had been admitted to hospital as an acute patient after suffering a heart attack

The trial has previously heard that that both accused blame the other for the injuries suffered by Mr Foley.

The Central Criminal Court heard that David O'Sullivan, previously of Ballick Road, Midleton, Co Cork and St Vincents Avenue, Woodquay, Galway, groomed the girls for months before meeting them and raping them.

The Taoiseach was questioned over revelations about Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s care in the Dail on Wednesday.

Abdullah Khan, 23, appeared again at Cloverhill District Court on Tuesday for his eighth hearing since being charged on July 31st and has not yet applied for bail.

Mr McGrath made particular reference to Russia's election interference

A judge is to decide next week whether Enoch Burke should be sent back to prison for contempt of court.

The fisherman, who was in his 40s, is understood to have gone overboard from the fishing trawler in Irish territorial waters.

The middle-aged man was before the Cork Circuit Criminal Court, having pleaded guilty to the non-fatal strangulation of his former partner.

Darragh Mackin and Gavin Booth, solicitors with Belfast human rights firm Phoenix Law, claim Mr O’Brien defamed them in the press statement, issued in response to a report on the concentration of media ownership in Ireland.