GARDAÍ are searching for a man convicted of downloading child pornography who hasn’t signed on the sex offenders’ register and may have left the country.

DUTY of care to society is an integral part of the role of gardaí and in this context there is a heavy onus on them to know the whereabouts of people listed on the sex offenders’ register.

An Englishman caught at his home in Cork with thousands of pornographic images of children was given a two-year suspended jail sentence today after it was claimed that he had undergone psychiatric counselling and was no longer a risk to others in the community.

AN Englishman caught at his home in Cork with thousands of pornographic images of children has been going to a psychotherapist every three weeks for counselling, Cork Circuit Criminal Court was told yesterday.

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A British political aide killed in an attack with a Samurai sword was probably cowering on the floor, a court has heard.

A man accused of a Samurai sword attack which left a Liberal Democrat party worker dead and an MP seriously injured has been declared unfit to stand trial.

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