A 17-year-old sustained slash wounds to his face and hands, requiring 100 stitches, after being viciously assaulted at his home by two men armed with a carpet knife and blades.

A 34-year-old man who passed €1,000 in counterfeit notes in a car deal which fell through has been warned to compensate his victim, or face jail.

The murder trial of a Galway traveller ground to a halt on its first day today when up to six garda witnesses failed to appear at the Central Criminal Court.