GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said yesterday he expected decisions will be made before the end of the year on whether bankers will be charged in the huge criminal investigation into Anglo Irish Bank.

An actor who imported 10 stun guns to see "if there would be a market for them here" has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell yesterday backed the Director of Public Prosecutions amid public disquiet over the handling of the Wayne O’Donoghue case.

A female garda has told a murder jury she was assaulted by a man arrested for breaching a barring order and whose partner is now on trial for his murder.