
Jose Mourinho said he has paid everything he owed to Spanish tax authorities from the time he coached Real Madrid, after he appeared in court in the Spanish capital.

Fugitive killer Stephen Henry, who brutally murdered a man with a Samurai sword, is on the loose in Dublin tonight after he was released with a fine following his drunk and disorderly arrest, writes Tom Tuite.

A 58-year-old former teacher and table tennis coach is to be sentenced next week for possession of child pornography five and a half years ago, writes Jessica Magee.

A former Fine Gael Councillor convicted of receiving corrupt payments from a property developer has been granted legal aid for a Supreme Court appeal.

A Cork soldier who was given the anti-malarial drug Lariam for an overseas tour of duty in Chad has sued the State in the High Court.

A man accused of sexually assaulting his adopted daughter has failed to stop his trial, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

Youths held in Oberstown detention centre in Dublin caused €6,000 worth of damage when they were told to stop smoking, a court has heard.

Rapist Michael Murray has had his sentence for the brutal rape of a mother he lured into an apartment in Dublin increased by four years.

A retired surgeon has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two boys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and his private clinic on nearby Fair Street.

A High Court challenge against RTÉ's plans to air a report into the rented accommodation sector in Ireland has been withdrawn.

A house with a number of serious fire deficiencies and being used as a hostel should be vacated, the High Court has ordered.

A Limerick businessman has settled, on confidential terms, his High Court action against "X-factor" contestants Jedward and their parents over an alleged merchandising agreement.

A Cork teenager yesterday faced sentencing for selling a psychoactive drug. The case arose out of the investigation into the death of a schoolboy in Cork.

A couple and their two young children can remain in their family home after a High Court judge dismissed a fund’s objection to their proposed personal insolvency arrangements.

Dublin City Council say a house being used as a hostel for around 13 people is lacking in proper fire safety measures and should be vacated immediately, the High Court has heard.

A jury has acquitted retired surgeon Michael Shine of four counts of indecently assaulting young male patients.

High Court proceedings have been launched against RTE and journalist Barry O’Kelly over plans to broadcast a report into the rented accommodation sector in Ireland, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

A former senior Anglo Irish Bank official, charged with conspiring to destroy or falsify records of accounts connected to the bank’s former chief executive Sean FitzPatrick, has been acquitted of all charges against him, reports Sarah-Jane Murphy.

A spurned wife who poured boiling water over her estranged husband’s mistress has been jailed for five years.

The family of a grandmother who took legal action over an alleged missed cancer diagnosis has settled the High Court action, four years after the woman’s death, writes Ann O’Loughlin.