Driver could not see unlit trailer, trial told

Trailer had suffered a puncture and had been parked at side of road

Bus driver pleads guilty to sex assault on sisters in ‘sweet game’

Sisters waive anonymity so Leo McFarland (57) can be identified

Man charged with membership of the IRA

Owen McCann (35), from Dundalk, Co Louth, is also accused of possession of firearms

Identity of person in paper trail crucial issue in ‘Slab’ Murphy trial

Lawyers for the prominent republican spoke throughout of ‘a forger afoot in the case’

Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy guilty of tax evasion after 32-day trial

Special Criminal Court ‘satisfied beyond reasonable doubt’ of guilt on all counts

Verdict in Thomas ’Slab’ Murphy case may be delivered next week

Defence tells court ‘reasonable doubt’ raised over person chargeable for income tax

Eight year sentence for driver who caused eight deaths

Shaun Kelly (27) initially received four years, but sentence was deemed ‘unduly lenient’

Two-year term for driver who caused eight deaths ‘unduly lenient’

Donegal man Shaun Kelly had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing deaths in 2010

Four years for dangerous driving that caused 8 deaths ‘unduly lenient’

Fatalities represented the largest death toll in a single road crash in history of State

Weighing up the value of the arts in Ireland

‘It is not the number of artists assisted, or the number of events sponsored that matter but the benefits (or value) to wider society, and hence taxpayers, that accrue from this expenditure’

Teacher whose driving led to death has sentence suspended

Court of Appeal reduces sentence to community service after man had been jailed

Mourners pay final respects to Judge Katherine Delahunt

Funeral mass hears of warm and loving woman who was fond of a bit of mischief

Owners of Dutch trawler consider appeal on €105,000 fine

Owner of former Atlantic Dawn say fine is ‘unproportionate’ to €30 breach of law

Skipper of world’s largest trawler convicted of breaking fishing rules

Donegal Circuit Court found Annelies Ilena skipper guilty over discarding fish

LÉ Róisín chief ordered officers onto world’s largest trawler, court told

Naval and sea fisheries protection officers ordered onto 14,000 tonne Annelies Ilena

Super-trawler skipper pleads not guilty to fishing offences

Naval Service officer gives evidence of boarding vessel

Donegal man pleads guilty to stealing empty beer kegs

Dean Ferry (29) charged with taking dozens of containers from two Letterkenny pubs

Letterkenny moneylender vowed to kill over €70 debt, court told

Accused denies threatening a man with a gun

DPP to appeal sentence of man who killed eight in Donegal crash

Shaun Kelly sentenced to four years with final two years suspended

Man jailed for Donegal crash that killed eight

Inishowen incident was single biggest loss of life from a car crash in State’s history

Donegal man chased neighbours with chainsaw after name-calling

Luke Kelly denied punching Matthew Lafferty and pouring petrol at his home

Judge tells Chinese men involved in cannabis plant to leave Ireland

Gardaí raided massive cannabis growhouse in Malin, Co Donegal

Man described as ‘dirty old man’ by judge loses appeal

Court hears Monaghan man (70) had taken steps to undergo ‘chemical castration’

Former Quinn executives buy two key units from Aventas

QBRC is being backed by three existing financiers of the business

Quinn Group set to return to ‘local hands’

Analysis: former managers and locals buy everything except glass division

Profile: Enda McLaughlin

Co Donegal man had long string of convictions for violence arising from alcohol consumption

Former economist respected in worlds of books and business

Kevin Barry: September 24th, 1948 - April 25th, 2014

Lagan pulls plug on Quinn deal following intimidation campaign and death threats

Company says no business can operate when threats put workers and directors at risk

Psychological audit of accused in fatal road incident sought

Shaun Kelly (24) accused of causing deaths of eight men in Donegal in July 2010

Man sent back to jail for dangerous driving causing three deaths

Ruling follows successful appeal of Co Monaghan man’s sentence by Director of Public Prosecutions

Jail for man who told gardaí mortars were gateposts

David Rockett pleads guilty to manufacturing devices for dissident republicans

Former Fianna Fáil senator jailed for attempt to extort €100,000

Francie O’Brien breached his community’s trust with blackmail bid, judge says

Young man who shook infant daughter is spared prison at Letterkenny Circuit Court

Father admits shaking his baby three times causing brain damage and cracking her ribs

Garda found guilty of sexually harassing female colleagues

Court told Kevin Corby insulted women about their sex lives and weight

Donegal Garda charged with sexually assaulting and harassing two female colleagues

Female garda gives evidence of three alleged assaults and constant harassment

Man who attacked and robbed 96 year old jailed for five years

Don’t rule out Britain joining the euro in a few years

Britain entering the currency union with German encouragement would have huge benefits for Ireland

Talk of being masters of our fate is just guff

World View: ‘Sovereign’ is one of the most abused words in the Irish political lexicon, a sacred cow

Judge urges legal teams to allow dangerous driving trial to proceed

Families of eight people killed in 2010 Donegal crash anxious to have court date set

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