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

A Galway man accused of murdering Swiss teenager Manuela Riedo has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that her death was “an accident”.

Brothers who allegedly fired a sawn off shot gun at a family of Travellers at St Dominic’s Park on January 1, 2005 intended to kill them a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard this morning.

THE McBrearty family have racked up an estimated half-million euros in legal fees over the past eight years, not including potential fees of up to €1m for the Morris Tribunal.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court today that he had confidential information that a meeting of the Continuity IRA would take place in Limerick when he organized a Garda raid on a house in the city over a year ago.