Gardaí are creating a network of local officers skilled in investigating complex fraud across its divisions.

Hiring is starting immediately for 450 jobs at eBay in Dundalk.

The jury in the trial of a Clare woman and a former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of conspiring to kill her partner and his two sons, has been sent to a hotel for a second night.

Internet sales site eBay and a subsidiary are to create up to 800 jobs in Ireland through new developments in Dublin.