Patricia Ryan goes on holiday in election week while knives come out in Meath East

Minister calls on insurance companies to ‘give a lead’ in addressing high premiums

John McKeon hit defenceless shopkeeper three times in the head with a hammer

John Walker called her a ‘slut’ and threatened to throw her into the Liffey if she told anyone what was happening

Richard Johnson was unstinting in his support for judicial independence, funeral hears

Leendert Stolk (50) sentenced to four years for fraud amounting to more than €225,000

Special Criminal Court hears Paul Beatty has been put at a high risk of re-offending

Usually dignified members of the legal profession ‘lose absolute control of themselves’

Martin Guerin (68) from Portmarnock, Co Dublin, pleads guilty to charges

Eileen Ryan (26) had two children in back of car without seatbelts during Tallaght incident

Christopher Gannon (35) attacked woman at Crumlin children’s hospital, court hears

Cabinet agrees to nominate High Court judge to Court of Appeal

Charges relate to shooting at Players Lounge pub in Fairview, Dublin nine years ago

Gardaí followed the pair to carpark of Liffey Valley Shopping Centre where drugs were loaded into car boot

Scott Grant (31) held up shop with piece of timber, later tried to rob shop with tree branch

Larry Behan admitted allowing terror group to take explosives from his father’s quarry

Declan McDermott to be sentenced by Special Criminal Court at a later date

Loaded revolver in plastic bag thrown onto footpath when defendant was chased

Judge said it was ‘totally incredible’ the pair were unaware of detonators ‘protruding’ under seat

Michael Ward later escaped from Co Dublin detention centre using angle grinder