A Dublin man who thought transporting drugs for payment was the answer to his financial problems has told a court it turned out to be the start of his worst nightmare.
Father-of-three Bobby Messett, who was gunned down as he attended an early morning gym class, was the "innocent victim of a brutal crime" and his family have been left with "so many unanswered questions", the Central Criminal Court heard today
Two men have been arrested after gardai seized heroin worth €8 million when a light aircraft and a car were intercepted in South County Dublin and Co Kildare.
A man has been jailed for life for shooting a gym-goer dead in a gun attack at Bray Boxing Club.
A detector dog named Waffle has helped Revenue seize herbal cannabis worth €900,000 at Dublin Port today.
A father-of-three who believed his brother-in-law had been "intimate" with his wife in the past stabbed his relative to death and told gardai: "He had it coming for 12 years", the Central Criminal Court has heard.
A DUBLIN man has pleaded not guilty to violent disorder at Mountjoy Prison during an attack on an inmate who later died in a separate assault in the jail.
A man in his 70s is being quizzed after Revenue officers with the help of detector dog Milo seized one million cigarettes in North County Dublin
Four people have been arrested after around €105,000 of suspected cocaine was seized during a search of a residence in Co Kildare.
Gerard Cervi, who is due to be sentenced to life today for the murder of father-of-three Bobby Messett in 2018, was paid €20,000 to carry out the shooting by an unknown criminal.
The chief suspect for the murder of gangland victim Brandon Ledwidge has presented himself to gardaí for questioning, but will have to wait before he is formally interviewed.
The father of the two children murdered by their mother who set fire to the car they were in has said he has been left “an empty shell”.
Gardai in Co Donegal are investigating after a masked man arrived at a house being used by Ukrainian refugees and warned them to leave.
A Dublin woman who attacked and threatened to kill a pizza delivery driver in a racially-motivated incident will be sentenced next March.
A DUBLIN man has pleaded not guilty to public order offences during a protest outside the Dáil when it returned to session after the summer break.
Chainsaw murderer Paul Wells Snr, who was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a father-of-one in the back of the head before dismembering him and dumping his body parts into a suitcase found in the Grand Canal, has failed in a bid to overturn …
A MAN has been accused of running five brothels in Dublin, where gardaí say they found “vulnerable” sex workers habitually engaged in prostitution.
A MAN who denies sexually assaulting a young girl standing at a bus stop in Dublin has been refused the return of his passport to visit family abroad for Christmas.
Regency hotel getaway driver Jason Bonney is under armed guard in hospital after suffering a medical emergency in prison.
A FATHER-of-two waved a kitchen knife threateningly at a security guard at his local supermarket, before running after another shopper with the blade during a violent row, it is alleged.
A man who accidentally shot his sister dead in a tragic incident last year was one of two males hospitalised with slash injuries after a pub row in Cabra last night.
A respected garda has been cleared of an alleged assault while celebrating his GAA club’s 25-year-wait to win the the County Football Championship.
A victim of rapist Noel Cowan is furious he won’t get his sentence reviewed and will be free in just over three years despite multiple convictions for sex crimes.
Three people have been injured after an apparent hammer and knife attack at a north city pub after the funeral of a gangland shooting victim.
A Dublin man has been jailed for stealing pension money from a wheelchair user who believed he was a home carer, a court has heard.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has told the Dáil Justice committee: “I am not going to resign. I care too much about this job.”
A garda has blasted Ireland’s “soft touch” approach to policing in the wake of last week’s riots in Dublin city centre.
A 23-year-old Dublin man who was shot dead on his doorstep has been remembered as a party animal with a joint in his mouth and a hammer in his pocket.
A Dublin woman will be sentenced next year after she admitted possession of over €50,000 worth of drugs.
MASKED youths on motorcycles brought Finglas village to a near standstill this morning as the coffin of gangland murder victim Brandon Ledwidge was brought to St Canice’s Church for his funeral.
Another assault on a city centre street, a video on social media showing a victim being hit by a machete just a few hundred metres from one of Dublin’s busiest police stations, and a Garda Chief and Justice Minister under fire.
A man has been arrested and cash and phones have been seized as part of a garda probe into prostitution, brothel keeping and money laundering In Dublin.
A man is due in court after gardaí seized ‘suspected’ ketamine worth more than €300,000 at Dublin Airport.
Two relatives of an Irishman accused of being a leading member of Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa Cartel have been convicted of drug trafficking in Chile.
A convicted gang leader targeted in a major Garda operation has had €26,000 confiscated from him 14 years after using a digger to tear an ATM from the walls of a service station.
Amadea McDermott had wanted to live.
A woman who survived a brutal attack by a fiend she met through Facebook’s dating service has told how, during the assault, she feared she was “going to end up murdered like Ashling Murphy.”
Police have arrested Duane Farry, who absconded from PSNI custody in Enniskillen on Monday …
A Dublin councillor has slammed an act of anti-garda vandalism in a local park as “completely unacceptable”.
A Dublin man who uploaded an extremely explicit child pornography video to his own Facebook page has been given a 12-month suspended sentence.
Finglas shooting victim Brandon Ledwidge will be laid to rest tomorrow following a funeral mass in Dublin.
A mechanic who was caught in the midst of a €139,000 cocaine handover by gardaí who happened across it while on patrol has been jailed for two years.
The sister of a woman who was killed by a "deranged monster" who had beaten, threatened and controlled his victim during their relationship has called for stricter laws on coercive control and domestic abuse.
A youth has pleaded guilty to his role in a violent mugging of an English tourist who was set upon and beaten in Dublin's Temple Bar in August.
A domestic abuser who killed his partner after developing an "untrue and unfounded" obsession that she was involved in an incestuous relationship has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a judge at the Central Criminal Court.
A man was arrested for walking “nonchalantly” in Dublin city centre with his genitals out, “flaunting” them at passers-by, it is alleged.
A mechanic jailed last week for possession of €460,000 worth of stolen car parts offered another criminal €10,000 to take responsibility for the massive haul uncovered by gardaí.
An Egyptian man in his 30s was brought to Wexford General Hospital following an alleged stabbing incident in a Direct Provision Centre in Courtown in Gorey.
The brave actions of a hero care worker, a Deliveroo driver and a passerby who came to the aid of young children who suffered a horrific knife attack in Dublin have been recognised amid the shocking riots that followed a dark day in the capital.
