A former soccer player raped his daughter on an almost daily basis, it has been alleged at the Central Criminal Court today.

A 46-year-old father of two, who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a young Galway man, will be sentenced for the killing later this month.

A Mayo man who was described during his trial as a "Satan worshipper" has been given a nine year prison sentence for of kidnapping a teenage girl and raping her in his bedroom three years ago.

A Westmeath man who sexually assaulted three young girls in Roscommon and north Dublin has been given a two years prison sentence by Judge Joseph Matthews.

The sentence of a Westmeath man for sexually assaulting three young girls has been adjourned by Judge Joseph Matthews at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court so that he can hear evidence from a psychiatrist.

A Co Westmeath man has been convicted by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of sexually assaulting three young girls and has been remanded for sentence later by Judge Joseph Matthews.

RETIRED developer Tom Gilmartin has conceded that politicians were not the main reason why his plans to develop a large-scale shopping centre in Dublin in the late 1980s collapsed.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has been accused of lying by retired businessman Tom Gilmartin, about an alleged meeting with Government ministers in Leinster House 15 years ago.

DETAILS of confidential plans by a British development firm to acquire several properties in Dublin city centre appeared in a front page article of the Irish Times in 1989 within 48 hours of the company turning down a request for a political donation to Fianna Fáil from Padraig Flynn.

A barrister for former Government minister Padraig Flynn is due to resume his cross-examination of property developer Tom Gilmartin at the Mahon Tribunal later today.