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How a massive UK drug bust kick-started chain of events that led to Hutch murder
Hit: Hutch was gunned down in SpainGary Hutch’s death warrant was signed on a spring morning when a van filled with frozen food was surrounded by officers from one of the U.K.’s most prolific crime...
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Alleged serial killer in court accused of killing four gay men
Stephen Port ( Pic: Facebook)An alleged serial killer has appeared in court accused of drugging and murdering four young men he met on gay websites, and dumping their bodies in and around a churchyard...
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Man jailed for "violent, cowardly" assault of Dale Creighton
Jailed: James O'Brien following his arrestA man has been sentenced at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin today to two and a half years in prison, with eighteen months suspended, for assaulting...
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Appeal for information on anniversary of unsolved Dublin gun murder
Appeal: Gavin McCarthy was shot dead in October, 2008Gardai are appealing for information on the callous gun murder of a young Dublin man seven years ago.Investigating Gardaí at Store Street are...
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More snow this winter due to blob of "abnormally cold" Atlantic ocean
Ireland and Europe are expected to receive lower temperatures and more snow (Credit: Martin Sheridan)A blob of "abnormally cold" water in the North Atlantic is expected to have an impact on weather...
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Six-year-old finds blade in chicken baguette from Tallaght chipper
THE owner of a fast-food takeaway has been fined €250 after a six-year-old girl found a metal blade when she bit into a chicken baguette.Dublin District Court heard it was reported by the girl's mother...
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Limerick man pleads guilty to aggravated sexual assault
Jonathan Colbert (27) of Hyde Avenue, Prospect, Limerick pleaded guilty on the morning of his Central Criminal Court trialA Limerick man who grabbed a woman as she was walking alone at night and...
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Teen charged with arson attack on puppet theatre remanded in custody
A 16-YEAR-OLD accused of carrying out an arson attack at the renowned Lambert Puppet Theatre in Dublin has been further remanded in custody pending directions from the DPP.It is estimated that €150,000...
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Man caught with tent full of cannabis in his sitting room
Sebastian CharzynskiA man was caught with a cannabis growhouse in his apartment after gardaí on patrol smelled the odour that was being carried onto a city centre street through a makeshift...
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Ex-clerk who threatened to kill man he thought was sleeping with his wife...
A former court clerk fined for threatening to kill a man he thought was having an affair with his wife has lost an appeal against his conviction.Father-of-four Ciaran Waldron (59), of Riverview,...
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22-year-old Facebook predator jailed for defilement and soliciting a child
A Meath man who used Facebook to try solicit a 14-year-old girl and her 12-year-old sister into having sex with him has been jailed for three years.The 22-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect...
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'Perverse’ damages awarded against Sunday World overturned
THE Court of Appeal has overturned a €900,000 damages award against the Sunday World which a judge described as "perverse".It arose out of a 2008 High Court jury finding that Martin McDonagh was...
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Tourists stunned to see couple having sex on Dublin's Boardwalk
The Boardwalk along the River Liffey where the couple's romp was seenA group of Dutch tourists were treated to the sight of two people having sex on Dublin's city centre in broad daylight.The group of...
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Court of Appeal adjourns sentencing Cork man who crashed while drunk
Dublin Courts of Criminal JusticeThe Court of Appeal has adjourned sentencing a Cork man who was four times over the limit when he crashed his BMW into a roundabout killing a woman and paralysing her...
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Woman in serious condition following collision in Dublin
The collision occurred at approximately 6.45am, gardai saidGardai are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision which took place this morning.A woman in her 20s was struck by a car at...
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Ireland's World Cup heroes return home
Paul O'Connell at Dublin airport (Pic: Irish Independent)Battered and bruised, the "disappointed" Irish team have arrived home from the Rugby World Cup.The squad touched down in Dublin shortly before...
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Becky Watts murder accused had threesomes with friend
Nathan Matthews and Shauna HoareA couple accused of murdering Becky Watts had threesomes with a female friend, a court has heard.Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, had consensual sex with the...
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Man who raped his spouse told gardaí it wasn't possible for a husband to rape...
Dublin Courts of Criminal JusticeA man convicted of raping his spouse told gardaí that it was not possible for a husband to rape a wife, the Central Criminal Court has heard.The 53 year old, who cannot...
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‘Packages’ removed from body of man who died on Aer Lingus flight
Reports this evening claim that several packages have been recovered from the body of a 24-year-old Brazilian national who died while aboard an Aer Lingus flight, last night.The post-mortem examination...
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Oscar Pistorius released from prison a day early
Release: Oscar PistoriusOlympic double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed for shooting dead his girlfriend, has been released from prison and put under house arrest, a day earlier than...
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