Two garda inspectors are challenging disciplinary sanctions against them after they were found to be in neglect of duty in relation to the investigation into claims by a woman that her foster brother sexually abused her in the 1960s and 1970s.

Hundreds of people were dispersed by gardaí last night after they responded to an internet party invitation posted by a Cavan teenager.

A Cavan teenager who inadvertently invited thousands to a party at his family home slept soundly last night after Garda intervention ensured that revellers stayed away.

A 45-year-old Tipperary man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl after driving her to a remote woodlands in County Offaly nine years ago has been jailed for three years by Mr Justice Barry White.