Stephen Penrose’s lawyers told the three-judge Court of Appeal they had come to court ready to proceed with the appeal and his decision to dismiss the team had come as “news to us”

George Turner, 56, murdered Emma McCrory (née Costello), 45, by setting fire to her home on December 15th, 2022

Ruth Lawrence denies killing two men found on lake island in 2014

Mr Brennan will appear again via video link at Cloverhill District Court.

A man in his 30s was arrested as part of the investigation and has since been charged.

The electrochemical method can reveal fingerprints on fired ammunition casings, which was once thought impossible. 

Kurt Ryan appeared before Limerick District Court charged with the murder of Lee Slattery, at a location near Moyross, on or about May 28th 2010.

A search was launched for James Meehan (55) after he failed to return to Magilligan prison in Derry while being on day release in December 2024.

Sean Small, 84, was found dead outside his home on Slievenabrock Avenue in Newcastle on Sunday.

The man is due to appear before Newtownards Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The teenager was arrested by officers in Carrick-on-Suir early on Wednesday. He was taken to Clonmel Garda station for questioning.

A post-mortem examination was completed on his remains on Wednesday and as a result of the state pathologist’s findings, gardaí in Clonmel have now confirmed that their investigation has been upgraded to murder.

Vanessa Whyte, 45, her son James, 14, and daughter Sara, 13, died following a shooting incident at a house in Maguiresbridge on Wednesday morning.

Michelle O’Neill said she also hoped young people were getting the support they needed in the aftermath of the ‘harrowing’ incident.

A former soldier has been jailed for just 15 years for the brutal murder of his Irish girlfriend at a Spanish holiday hotel

The State had submitted this was the "clearest statement of intent" that the jury were likely to encounter.

Mooney pleaded guilty to his wife's murder earlier this year after gardaí hacked into his phone and discovered video footage of the build-up to the murder and an audio recording of the murder itself.

Drug dealer Wayne Cooney, with an address at Glenshane Drive in Tallaght, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jordan Davis (22) on May 22nd, 2019.

The bodies of the three children were discovered at their family home at Parson’s Court, Newcastle, Co Dublin on January 24th 2020.

The 27-year-old's remains were discovered on Glendoo Mountain, near the Lemass monument and close to Glencree/Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, on April 3rd, 1988.

Sean Beumer, (29), Edenmore Crescent, Raheny, Dublin 5, admitted slashing Aaron Babbington’s throat with a makeshift knife which he made by fixing a razor blade to a plastic handle.

A teenager who stabbed a man to death on a sunny afternoon in front of shoppers and children using a knife he had bought for self-protection has been jailed for 13 years

Mr Justice McGrath said he had to take into account that Arnold was under McHugh's "dominion", was the subject of abuse and was fearful of him.

Zak Hughes nodded his head when asked if he understood the charges against him.

Aaron Keating was murdered on Main Street in Ongar, Dublin 15.

Stephen McCourt (41), from Riverview in Augher, in Co Tyrone, was found guilty of murdering Damien Heagney following a trial which ended in April this year

Ryan Kearney (39), with an address at Loughnamona Drive, Leixlip, Co Kildare has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jeffrey Jackson (50) at The Lamps, School Street, Kilcock, Co Kildare on February 8th, 2024.

The trial heard that Doroscan and Clejan beat Mr Ilyas by stamping on him, kicking him, and striking his head with a hammer at an apartment in Blanchardstown in Dublin.

Ian Bailey was the chief suspect in the 1996 murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Marius Juodenas (44) was discovered with serious injuries in his home on Barrack Street, Dundalk, Co Louth, shortly before 7pm on July 5th, 2022.

John David Scott (36) was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court.

Marie Green was pronounced dead in the early hours of Tuesday at a house in the Shore Road area.

Jurors at the Central Criminal Court in Cork took just over four hours to unanimously convict Dylan Scannell

Keith Canavan also said his brother had "portrayed her in the courtroom not as the woman she truly was, but as someone he could scapegoat to protect himself"

Richard Satchwell made tearful television appeals for his wife to come home while his wife remained buried underfoot

12 jurors took nine hours and 28 minutes over four days to convict Satchwell, a British national who is shortly due to turn 59 years old.

The 12 jurors took nine hours and 28 minutes over four days to convict Satchwell, a British national whose is shortly due to turn 59 years old

Three others, including Hennesy snr's son, Brandon Hennessy (22), were jailed for a combined eight years and four months for violent disorder during the attack on Sherry.

The 56-year-old sheep farmer with land near Kenmare in Co Kerry was reported missing more than two months ago

Lorenzo Cantaragiu drove Mr Ilyas’s murderers Viorel Doroscan (23) and Otrniel Richardo Clejan (24) to a wooded area in Co Meath where the two killers left Mr Ilyas (22) for dead.

At the end of the statement, Marek said: "I want to tell you a bit more, but I can't because of the medicine I have taken [for his back]. My doctor told me it can affect my memory."

Bahaalddin Alshwawrah (45), with an address at Park Na Sillogue Court, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, has been sentenced to life for the murder of Zeinat Bashabsheh (42) at the same address on December 24th, 2021.

Brian Ibe was convicted of the murder of Peter Kennedy, who had just turned 65 and was retired from the probation services