A woman has told a court that she was dragged from a car, had a handgun put to her head and asked did she want to live or die.

A WOMAN has gone on trial accused of dangerous driving causing the deaths of two children.

AN inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of patients by former Drogheda surgeon Michael Shine will be conducted, Health Minister James Reilly has said.

A WOMAN who inflicted six stab wounds on another woman in what a judge called a “ferocious, frenzied, brutal and savage,” attack in Drogheda has been jailed for seven years.

A FORMER business owner who had sex with his 16-year-old employee after she was drinking with him has been given a three- year sentence and told he must complete a sex offenders’ treatment programme.

A 17-YEAR-OLD who sliced a 15-year-old boy’s face because he owed him money was using drugs and head shop substances at the time, Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday.

A south Armagh man who killed two people in a road crash over five years ago has succeeded in having part of his seven-year sentence suspended on appeal.

THE group that represents former patients of surgeon Michael Shine has expressed fury at the Government’s refusal to publish the result of an investigation into allegations that he abused male patients in his care at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

A Co Louth school teacher has been jailed for two years for indecently assaulting a 12 year-old boy more than 25 years ago.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney has said she will meet with up to 200 alleged sexual abuse victims of former consultant surgeon Michael Shine, despite ignoring three requests for a meeting before Monday’s Prime Time investigation.

GARDAÍ have confirmed they have received more than 20 new complaints from men alleging they were indecently assaulted by the disgraced hospital consultant Michael Shine.

A convicted Louth drug dealer has had new charges for allegedly dealing in drugs valued almost €1.7m dropped at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has increased from four to six years the prison term imposed on a 59-year-old man who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy whose mother he had befriended.

A convicted Louth drug dealer has had cash totalling some €34,000 and a car confiscated as the proceeds of criminal activity by order of Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A convicted Louth heroin importer is to stand trial on new charges of possession of heroin and cocaine valued €1.6M for sale or supply two years ago.

A playwright and arts administrator has been jailed for 16 years by Mr Justice Henry Abbott for raping a woman following a drugs and alcohol party in his Drogheda flat.

A MAN claimed €95,000 in dole and rent allowance payments by pretending for 15 years that he was his dead brother.