The identity of an infant who had died within minutes of birth was used in a social welfare scam in Co Meath, a court has heard.

A man and woman are to be sentenced later this month at Trim Circuit Court for drugs offences linked to the death of the model Katy French in 2007.

A footballer’s scrotum was torn open during a GAA minor championship match in Co Meath three years ago, a court heard yesterday.

Closing stages have been reached in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father's house after celebrating her 19th birthday.

A friend of a Tipperary man accused of raping a woman as she slept in her father's house after celebrating her birthday has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he saw the pair kissing earlier in the night.

A Tipperary woman has denied "kissing or cuddling" with a family friend she accuses of raping her as she slept in her father's house hours after she had been celebrating her 19th birthday.