Diego Costa Silva cut his wife's head off while suffering from a cannabis-induced psychosis

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the abuse took place 36 years ago when the accused and his cousin were both children

Enoch Burke is approaching his 300th day in prison for twice defying court orders

Michael Murray (52) made no reaction as the verdict was handed down in court.

Aliyah Bowden McDonald sued the HSE over the circumstances of her birth.

Voter turnout has been slow thus far for the family and care referendums, with a level of 10 per cent in some areas approaching lunchtime

Polls opened on Friday morning on the twin referenda.

The Belgian Shepherd was seized after allegedly attacking and biting a garda involved in arresting its owner

The fertility rate in the Republic is now just above the EU average

A woman and two men, all aged in their 30s, were taken into custody and have since been charged

The agent in the internal security unit of the IRA is widely believed to be Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci.

It is understood that the person rumoured to be the agent, Freddie Scappaticci, will not be named in Friday’s report.

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People are voting whether to change the wording of the Constitution relating to the areas of family and care.

Water service engineers have implemented a water outage on Thursday evening, from 7pm until 1am, in order to carry out repair works during off-peak hours.

Catherine Martin said she discussed the programme of reform at the crisis-hit broadcaster.

The Ryanair boss met with the Minister for Transport on Thursday

Michael O’Higgins SC said that the credibility of Stardust manager Eamon Butterly had been “shredded beyond redemption” during the inquest

Naomi Long said she will not delay in assessing and approving the pay remit once received from the PSNI

Marian Vavrek (46) and Ladislav Bubencik (32) appeared before Midleton District Court on Thursday