A man jailed for 10 years for his role in an armed burglary where a family was held hostage and robbed has brought High Court proceedings aimed at securing his early release from prison.

A Midlands GP has gone on trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a female patient.

A Kildare man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of a student in Mullingar on New Year’s Day 2012.

A Westmeath woman has been sentenced to six years with the final 18 months suspended for the manslaughter of an acquaintance she had been drinking with earlier that night.