Pair arrested in Dublin after gardaí received confidential information about 'a transnational organised crime group involved ...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial is set to begin on Monday (5 May) in Manhattan federal court. The former music mogul and ...

A serial offender with 101 previous convictions has been jailed for three months after he was caught driving while banned, ...

Cork TD Ken O'Flynn has urged the government to turn to electronic tagging as an alternative to imprisonment for some offenders as soon as possible - as a way to reduce massive overcrowding in Ireland ...

The message from gardaí to young people was that there was nothing positive that Glen Ward and Eric O'Driscoll can offer them ...

“We were told that the maximum sentence was 10 years and that, as he pleaded guilty, it would go down a bit. We thought, maybe eight, but we weren’t expecting five. We feel angry.” ...

A man who took a farm vehicle from the yard of a renowned Kilkenny-based racehorse trainer and then caused a witness to say his was ‘the worst driving I have ever seen’ has been given a suspended ...

Dr Vincent O'Sullivan. Photo: Don Moloney. NEW research from the University of Limerick has revealed that long prison sentences can be as effective as the death penalty in deterring homicides. The ...

A Kilcormac woman was convicted of stealing groceries from a Tullamore supermarket during last week's Tullamore Court sitting. Roseanne McDonagh, 17 Meadowlands, Kilcormac was charged with stealing ...

The Court of Appeal has rejected the State’s claim that a two-year suspended sentence was unduly lenient for a 22-year-old man who caused “devastating and life-changing harm” to a five-year-old girl ...

A defendant who stole alcohol and trousers has received a two month suspended prison sentence. Patrick Stokes of 80 MacEoin Park, Longford pleaded guilty at the local district court to the theft ...

Ronan Wilson. Pic: RIP.ie The accused then went on a drugs and booze binge and visited local amusement arcades before being arrested the following day. Passing sentence, Judge John Aylmer said the ...