A then 20-year-old man being questioned over the death of Una Lynskey in 1971 was shown a photograph of another suspect “lying in a ditch, dead” by gardaí investigating her killing, a court has heard today.

A Meath man attempting to clear his name over of the killing of Una Lynskey almost 40 years ago claims he “made up stories” about events on the evening the young woman disappeared “out of fear” and “under duress”.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced a Co Tipperary man's life sentence for the manslaughter of a man who was shot dead at a house party to a term of 20 years in jail.

A Co Donegal priest has lost his appeal against his conviction for raping a teenage parishioner in a church sacristy almost 25-years-ago.