The court heard that the first complaint was aged between eight and 14 years when the offending occurred, and the defendant was aged between 15 and 21 years.

Catherine Connolly said she had ‘no control’ over who she met on the trip and noted Micheal Martin personally met Bashar Assad.

The Tanaiste’s comments came after Fine Gael candidate for the Irish presidency suggested a Stormont parliament could be retained in a united Ireland.

Michael Fingleton Jnr told the courts that his father is reduced to €25,000 in two personal bank accounts and has outstanding judgment debts of more than €10.7 million

A Minister of State has said the Government is still "trying desperately" to ensure services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill

Gardaí received a report of the incident, which occurred at approximately 3:45 pm.

At Ennis District Court, Det Garda Noel Carroll of Shannon Garda Station told the court that the DPP has directed that the cases are going to be heard in the circuit court before a jury

An inquest into the death of the 14-year-old is set to get under way in Belfast next year.

“It is clear that he was living a double life,” the judge said. “He was a partner, a father and hard worker on one hand - and a drug user and sexual abuser on the other”

In tribute, Blackrock College Rugby Football Club said Mr Kirby was involved in an accident in Austin, Texas last Friday “where he was on his J1” along with a friend and fellow rugby player.

Mr Curran had allegedly been operating an Airbnb business, in breach of his lease and without planning permission, for more than a year

The doctor is a resident of the UK and practised there, although his licence to practise was removed earlier this year. He has never practised in Ireland, despite his registration with the Medical Council

Winifred Joyce pleaded guilty to common assault and sexual assault in November 2022

Mickey McKinney said they received the threat during the trial of former paratrooper Soldier F recently.

After hearing that the father was not informed, Judge Alec Gabbett told the mother, “Dad has a right to know” about medical issues concerning the boy, who is under the age of six

Marianne Smyth was sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court after being found guilty of theft and fraud in September.

Pat Smith, who is a former butcher, told Mr Michael O'Higgins SC, prosecuting, that he was fishing in a boat on Lough Sheelin with another man on May 18th 2014.

Following her arraignment, Michael Hourigan SC, representing Corcoran, asked the court to set a sentencing date in the final week of the court term.

Elizabeth Veitch Smyth was the sole occupant of a car which collided with several parked vehicles near the entrance to Castle Golf Club in Rathfarnham

He had pleaded guilty before the start of the trial to assault causing harm to the complainant on the same date.