Victims of serial paedophile Bill Kenneally are to sue the State and have called for a commission of investigation into who knew about the abuse and “turned a blind eye”.

Victims of serial paedophile Bill Kenneally are to sue the State and have called for a Commission of Investigation into who knew about the abuse and "turned a blind eye".

A former Fine Gael Councillor will have his appeal against his conviction for receiving corrupt payments heard today.

A former priest and school principal has had his appeal against his conviction for the sexual abuse rejected.

A former Fine Gael councillor, who told a court that he saw stabbings in Mountjoy Prison and "wanted out", has been granted an extension of time to appeal his conviction for receiving corrupt payments.

An Irish Muslim threatened to put a bullet in the head of an American lawyer who organised a rally against Islamic terrorism in the US, a court has heard.

Former Fine Gael councilor Fred Forsey has been sentenced to six years with two suspended for taking bribes from a developer.

A former Fine Gael town councillor has been found guilty of corruptly accepting payments totalling €80,000 from a property developer in Waterford six years ago.

A CONVICTED killer who had bitten off part of a man’s ear during an earlier dispute and posted it through the victim’s letterbox in an envelope some days later has been jailed for four years.

A former garda appealing against his conviction for perverting the course of justice has had his bail application rejected at the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Jury deliberations have resumed in the case of a female garda accused of assaulting a man during an arrest in Waterford city last year.

A jury will this morning resume its deliberations in the case of a female garda accused of assaulting a man during an arrest in Waterford city last year.

The jury in the trial of four gardaí charged in connection with an assault in Waterford has begun its deliberations.

AN office worker wept openly yesterday as she told how she went from one phone box to another, collecting explicit hand bills featuring her name and telephone number and claiming she offered sex for sale.

A NIGERIAN man who circumcised a baby boy, who later died from blood loss, is determined to prove to the Irish authorities he is “one of the best circumcisionists in the world”.

A RECLUSE who fled his Waterford home after he was assaulted and became the subject of a vigilante attack has been placed on the sex offender’s register until his next court appearance in June, 2004.