A former principal who stole €204,000 from his school for golf equipment and weekends away has been sent to jail after his original suspended sentence was deemed too lenient.

Mary Lou McDonald has criticised the “lenient” sentence handed down this week to republican garda killer Pearse McAuley for attacking his wife.

A woman who was beaten, stabbed and falsely imprisoned in the family home by her then husband has pleaded with other victims of domestic abuse to stand up for themselves.

The bishop wanted his computer returned.

A former Christian Brother was jailed for two years today after admitting abusing 10 schoolboys.