Man found not guilty of Mariora Rostas murder

Thursday 31 July 2014 16.25 A 35-year-old Dublin man has been found not guilty of murdering teenager Mariora Rostas in January 2008. Alan Wilson of New Street Gardens in the city had pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Rostas at Brabazon Street,...

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Convicted sex offender Lyons returned to prison

Thursday 31 July 2014 16.35 Convicted sex offender Anthony Lyons has been sent back to prison. The 53-year-old businessman was jailed for six months and ordered to pay €75,000 to a woman he attacked and sexually assaulted in Dublin nearly four years...

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Former Anglo directors get community service

Thursday 31 July 2014 14.03 Two former directors of Anglo Irish Bank have been sentenced to 240 hours of community service for giving illegal loans to ten developers to buy shares in the bank. Anglo's former director of lending in Ireland Patrick...

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Energy Regulator issues proposals on water charges

Thursday 31 July 2014 15.42 The Energy Regulator has issued proposals on water charges that would see households paying just under a quarter of a cent per litre of water. The regulator also proposes a charge for households without a septic tank,...

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Leitrim Councillors condemn Tamboran Resources

Thursday 31 July 2014 16.11 Leitrim County Councillors have unanimously condemned Tamboran Resources actions in pre-empting the start of drilling at a quarry in Fermanagh. Tamboran are proposing to drill samples from the rock in the quarry in Belcoo,...

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UNRWA chief says Palestinians 'facing a precipice'

Thursday 31 July 2014 16.38 Palestinians are "facing a precipice" in Gaza, the head of the main UN relief agency told the UN Security Council in a strongly-worded appeal for action. With more than 220,000 Palestinians already sheltering in UN facilities...

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Bin lorry crashes into shop window in Dingle

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.34 Gardaí say two people sustained minor injuries after a bin lorry crashed in Dingle Co Kerry this afternoon. It is understood the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a shop window on Green...

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Shatter begins High Court case over Guerin Report

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.39 Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has begun a High Court challenge aimed at quashing some of the findings of the Guerin Report. Mr Shatter wants to quash findings concerning his handling of claims by garda whistleblower...

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Man dies after Dublin car crash

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.03 A 23-year-old man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Dublin this morning. The man died after the car he was driving struck a pole on the M11 motorway near Loughlinstown. He was alone in the car. He was taken...

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'Singing priest' loses appeal over abuse sentences

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.11 Former priest and serial child abuser Tony Walsh has failed in appeals against separate sentences of 16 years and 15 months imposed on him. The jail terms were handed down for what the Court of Criminal Appeal has described...

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Court told O'Brien investments like Ponzi scheme

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.14 Businessman Breifne O'Brien used money advanced to him by friends and acquaintances for investment in property and businesses to buy properties for himself, extend his house and buy a car for his wife, the Dublin Circuit...

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UNRWA chief condemns Israeli strike on Gaza school

Wednesday 30 July 2014 16.37 The head of the main UN relief agency in Gaza has denounced an Israeli strike on one of its schools, which killed 16 people. "I condemn in the strongest possible terms this serious violation of international law by Israeli...

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Three jailed for attack on tourists in Dublin

Tuesday 29 July 2014 16.33 Three Dublin men have been sentenced to between three and five years in prison for their part in a vicious city centre attack on two US tourists who had tried to stop a robbery. Garth and Patrick Russell were attacked...

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Court reserves judgment on resuscitating baby

Tuesday 29 July 2014 16.17 The High Court has reserved its judgment in an application by the Health Service Executive to allow doctors not to resuscitate a terminally ill nine-month-old baby if her condition deteriorates. High Court President Mr...

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Conmey conviction was a 'miscarriage of justice'

Tuesday 29 July 2014 14.43 A Co Meath man has said he is delighted after the Court of Criminal Appeal found his conviction for killing his 19-year-old neighbour more than 40 years ago was a miscarriage of justice. Martin Conmey's conviction for...

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Family concerned for missing Irish man in Spain

Tuesday 29 July 2014 16.22 A search is under way for a 28-year-old Cork man reported missing in northern Spain. Vincent Walsh had flown from Shannon to Paris on 17 July to walk the famous Camino de Santiago de Compostela (The Way of St James) pilgrimage...

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EU governments agree deal on Russian sanctions

Tuesday 29 July 2014 16.24 European Union governments have reached a deal to impose further economic sanctions against Russia. The sanctions will target Russia's oil industry, defence, dual-use goods and sensitive technologies, diplomats said. ...

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Gaza's sole power plant down after Israel attack

Tuesday 29 July 2014 16.33 The only power plant supplying electricity to Gaza was knocked out of commission, as part of 70 attacks on Gaza reportedly carried out by the Israeli military overnight. "Gaza's sole power plant has stopped working due...

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Ivor Callely jailed for five months

Monday 28 July 2014 16.06 Former junior minister Ivor Callely has been jailed for five months for fraudulently claiming mobile expenses at Leinster House while he was a senator. Callely, 56, of St Lawrence's Road in Clontarf, had pleaded...

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Israel and Hamas urged to work on lasting peace

Monday 28 July 2014 16.18 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel and Hamas to build on a lull in fighting in Gaza to lay the groundwork for talks on a lasting peace. The appeal came a few hours after the UN Security Council called for...

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Man jailed for eight years for kidnapping

Monday 28 July 2014 16.21 A man who was involved in the kidnapping of Kilkenny All-Ireland hurling champion Adrian Ronan and his family has been jailed for eight years. The court heard that Stephen Freeman's role was to pick up and transport the...

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Senator receives apology over newspaper article

Monday 28 July 2014 15.01 Associated Newspapers has apologised to Senator Fidelma Healy Eames for two articles published in the Irish Daily Mail two years ago. The High Court was told this morning that defamation proceedings being taken against...

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Two Irish climbers killed on Mont Blanc

Monday 28 July 2014 16.07 Two Irish climbers died in an accident on Mont Blanc in France over the weekend. Local mountain rescue, PGHM Chamonix, said the men died "instantly" during their descent. It is understood they fell around 200 metres in...

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Review finds 'secretive culture' in Justice Dept

Monday 28 July 2014 16.35 Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has published a review of her department, which was launched in May on foot of the findings of the Guerin Report. Today's report found issues regarding a closed and secretive culture...

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Call to implement UN standards in prison service

Sunday 27 July 2014 15.53 The Irish Penal Reform Trust has urged the Government to urgently address defects in the prison system identified in a recent report from the UN Human Rights Council. Speaking on RTÉ's This Week, Executive Director Deirdre...

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SIPTU negotiated pay cut for waste workers in 2011

Sunday 27 July 2014 15.49 A confidential pay deal seen by RTÉ indicates that SIPTU had negotiated a pay reduction for waste disposal workers transferring from a rival to Panda. Panda secured the deal in relation to 18 workers transferring from a...

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Fighting subsides in Gaza amid truce uncertainty

Sunday 27 July 2014 15.36 Fighting subsided in Gaza this afternoon after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce, but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end their conflict with Israel.      ...

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Ukraine says rebels blocking access to MH17 site

Sunday 27 July 2014 15.54 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said rebels have prevented international experts from reaching the site where a Malaysian passenger plane crashed in eastern Ukraine. "Terrorists back to their normal outrageous...

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Commemoration of the landing of the Asgard

Sunday 27 July 2014 15.57 A commemoration of the Asgard landing arms is taking place in Howth, Co Dublin today.  Descendants and relatives of those who took part are attending. President Michael D Higgins led the marking of the centenary of...

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