Former US Marine Timothy Kaufman finally appeared in court after he and two accomplices allegedly murdered former Irish police officer David Balmer and his girlfriend Elma de Guia in the Philippines.  

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Irish nanny Aisling McBrady is set to appear in the Cambridge District Court, in Medford, Massachusetts, to face a probable cause hearing. The County Cavan native is accused of the assault of one-year-old Rehma Sabir, of Cambridge, MA.

An Irish woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing her ex-boyfriend 18 times. Maura Thornton (31), from Inverin, Connemara, killed Kevin Joyce (59) when he arrived at her Salthill, Galway apartment uninvited.

The Giant’s Causeway is Northern Ireland’s only world heritage site, so it is only to be expected that a few eyebrows would be raised at the proposed development of a golf course a mere mile and a half from the famous tourist attraction. Despite strong opposition to the idea by the British National Trust, High Court judge, Mr Justice Weatherup, gave the go-ahead for the construction of the £100 million golf course yesterday.

One month after the death of Rehma Sabir, the baby who was cared for by Cavan native Aisling McCarthy Brady, the Irish nanny will appear in a Boston court to hear the charges against her.

The Irish nanny charged in relation to the death of Quincy baby Rehma Sabir has a violent past, according to court papers.

All five children of fallen Irish billionaire Sean Quinn, who was once Ireland's richest man, and three of their spouses will reportedly face cross-examination about their assets in the Irish High Court this week.

59-year-old Marie Fleming, who is suffering from the terminal disease Multiple Sclerosis, is heading for Ireland’s Supreme Court to appeal the High Court ruling against her bid to be granted assisted suicide.

Multiple Sclerosis sufferer Marie Fleming has been denied the right to take her life with an assisted suicide by Ireland’s High Court.

An American plane manufacturer is to be sued by the Irish relatives of the victims of a horror smash in Cork two years ago.

A 21-year-old Irish American student has won a court order against her parents banning them from stalking her.

An Irish immigrant, who won $21.5 million in New York lottery jackpot in 2011, will finally get the majority of her money, after a bitter court battle with her ex-husband.

A family of Irish Travellers wept in court when they were sentenced to 18 years in an English jail on slavery charges.

The Irish woman, who was with Nicola Furlong on the night she was killed, has told a Tokyo court about her alleged sexual assault and the rape and murder of her friend, earlier this year.