WE had our topic nicely selected for this corner well ahead of time: The GAA County by County, a typically handsome production by Con Collins and his colleagues at the Collins Press.

A 47-YEAR-OLD mother has been sentenced to 24 years in prison with the final 16 years suspended for the cruelty and neglect of eight of her children over a seven-year period.

A Co Donegal-based Garda Sergeant has today commenced his High Court action aimed at quashing the Garda Ombudsman's decision to investigate allegations the Sergeant had harassed a man over a four-year period.

Four Chinese nationals were charged today in connection with the discovery of a cannabis factory in Dublin last Friday.

A property developer was charged in court this morning with criminal damage after a concrete mixer truck was driven against the gates of Leinster House.

The High Court has today granted permission to a Co Donegal-based Garda Sergeant to bring a challenge aimed at quashing the Garda Ombudsman's decision to conduct an investigation into allegations that the Garda has harassed a man over a four-year period.

A mother of three today refused to accept an apology from a Garda Sergeant who abused and mistreated her in custody.

A Garda Sergeant who paid a prostitute £100 to find him a girl aged between seven and 10 years to have sex with has been remanded in custody for sentence for soliciting and child internet pornographic offences.

A Dublin man has been convicted by a jury on a charge of arson in a trial relating to the death of a Garda Sergeant in Tallaght in July 1999.

A Dublin man accused of the capital murder of a Garda Sergeant in an alleged arson attack on Tallaght Garda Station two years ago has pleaded not guilty to the charge at the Central Criminal Court.