A High Court judge has jailed a Co Kildare man over his failure to remove 300 metres of road which was constructed without planning permission.

A landlord has claimed that a determination by the Private Residential Tenancies Board was made to "rubberstamp" a previous decision while that body was illegally constituted, the High Court heard.

An Egyptian national who worked for a consultant surgeon charged with a €700,000 breast cancer insurance fraud has today denied that he brought "an object in a jar filled with fluid" from Egypt to Ireland for him.

A garda sergeant became a hate figure for a Donegal publican who destroyed his reputation and career, it was claimed today.