SOMETIMES at the Charleton Tribunal, there is a surreal feel to what is emerging. This was the case yesterday when details of hopeless incompetence in the child and family agency Tusla were heard in relation to a disturbing garda meeting on what to do about Maurice McCabe.

The father of the young woman who made allegations against garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe said he "almost collapsed" when he was first shown a false allegation of digital rape.

A witness at the Disclosures Tribunal described feeling a “wave of panic” when she realised she had incorrectly described abuse allegations in a report she wrote in 2013, increasing the severity of allegations against garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

Latest: A witness at the Disclosures Tribunal described feeling a "wave of panic" when she realised she had incorrectly described abuse allegations in a report.

Gardaí in Co Cavan say they are becoming increasingly concerned about a woman and her three-month-old baby who have been missing from the Cootehill area since yesterday.

The State Pathologist Marie Cassidy will this evening carry out a post mortem examination on the body of a 47-year-old man who died in a suspected hit-and-run incident in Co Donegal.

The judge who ordered a €2.50 drinks price minimum in three seaside resort clubs has been told one breached the spirit of his ruling by not charging for mixers with shorts.

Gardaí say they are concerned for the welfare of a mother after a 13-week-old foetus was discovered.

A CORONER has warned that using a standard scissors-style car jack on its own to hold up a car is not safe after hearing that a man died when a car he was working underneath fell on top of him.

The father of murdered truck driver Paul Quinn today insisted he was more hopeful than ever the killers will be caught as the inquest into his son’s death opened.

A criminal prosecution may be taken over the death of a 21-year-old man in a hit-and-run incident in Dundalk, Co Louth, an inquest heard tonight.

THE first call alerting emergency services to a fire that killed two young girls at the weekend was logged by the Fire Service nearly 20 minutes after flames were first spotted by neighbours.