A month-by-month look back at 2017 in Ireland

News review of the year: Border issues, the Garda whistleblower scandal, property prices, the Paradise Papers, Storm Ophelia and the Rescue 116 tragedy were some of the big stories of 2017

Martens pair to serve sentences in prisons six minutes apart

Appeals of Jason Corbett’s wife and father-in-law likely to be heard in next 18 months

‘My dad was always there for me,’ victim’s son tells court

Corbett trial: Two jurors ‘changed minds’ after night’s sleep

Foreman of the jury says guilty count initially stood at 10-2 for Molly Martens Corbett

Aspects of Corbett trial unheard of in Irish courts

Nature of media coverage and lawyers’ behaviour highlight differences in legal systems

Jury could not ignore violent nature of Corbett’s death

Decision to put only Tom Martens on the stand reflected ‘difficulty in keeping to same story’

Corbett family express ‘relief’ at guilty verdict

‘Nothing will make up for the last two years that family put us through’, says victim’s twin

The two sides of Molly Martens Corbett

Jason Corbett’s sister claims ‘real Limerick man’ had concerns about his wife

US jury sent out in trial of Molly Martens and father for murder

Ex-FBI agent and daughter deny killing Limerick man Jason Corbett in North Carolina

Parents of Jason Corbett hoping for end to ‘horrible nightmare’

John and Rita Corbett attend special mass in Limerick to mark anniversary of son’s death

Molly and Thomas Martens accused of delaying 911 call to 'get story together'

Closing arguments in trial of father and daughter accused of killing her husband Jason Corbett

‘I hit him until he couldn’t kill me,’ Thomas Martens tells murder trial

Father-in-law of Jason Corbett say he saw Limerickman with ‘hands around Molly’s neck’

Blood found on Thomas Martens’s clothing, Corbett trial hears

Father-in-law in close proximity to Limerick man Jason Corbett when he was killed

Corbett trial shown evidence of hair in deceased’s grasp

Molly Martens and her father claim they acted in self-defence in Limerick man’s death

Corbett 911 call: ‘He’s bleeding all over and I may have killed him’

North Carolina police release transcript of emergency call on night Jason Corbett died

Jason Corbett was strangling Molly Martens before fight, trial told

Skull of deceased was smashed with baseball bat and paving brick

Jury selection in Jason Corbett trial nears completion

Trial of widow and father-in-law charged with second-degree murder to start Monday

Defence questions jurors approved in Martens murder case

Widow and father-in-law of Limerick-born Jason Corbett facing trial in North Carolina

Jason Corbett murder trial begins jury selection

The 143 potential jurors were required to complete a 16-page questionnaire

Date set for trial of widow accused of murdering Jason Corbett

Molly Martens Corbett and her father will go on trial in North Carolina, US in July

Jason Corbett’s wife loses appeal against custody refusal

Appeals court in US upholds decision in custody case involving children of Irish man

Jason Corbett case: Molly Martens lawyers claim inquiry mishandled

Attorneys allege sheriff’s deputies viewed data protected by attorney-client privilege

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