A former waste company operator has been given another two weeks to come up with detailed information about what happened to the money he made from his illegal dumping activities in Co Donegal or else he will go to jail for contempt of a High Court order.

Louise James, the woman who lost her partner and four members of her family in the Buncrana pier tragedy in March 2016, has launched a legal action seeking damages from Donegal County Council. 

The Court of Appeal has cleared the way for an investigation by the Standards in Public Office Commission into the alleged duplication of expenses claims by Fianna Fáil senator Brian Ó Domhnaill.