TALKS aimed at ending a month-long sit-in by the Vita Cortex workers in Cork will resume on Friday after they finished last night without a resolution.

A young woman, who helped pin a Chinese student against railings as he was set on by a gang of youths and head-butted, has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A Dublin youth with 30 previous convictions has been given a two-year sentence for his role in assaulting a Chinese student at a bus-stop in the city centre.

A teenage girl, who was four months pregnant, allegedly helped pin a man against railings as he was head-butted and kicked my three young muggers, the Children’s Court heard today.