The prosecution case has closed in the trial of four gardaí accused of forcing entry to a Dublin flat and assaulting its young male occupant.

A garda has said he heard a colleague pass comment about a “gouger deserving a slap” after an incident in which four gardai are accused of assaulting a young Dubin man.

A former Dublin priest who was previously jailed for sexually abusing six boys has been sentenced to 16 years for abusing a further three victims.

The former Dublin priest accused of sexually abusing a boy 30 years ago has been found not guilty by direction of the trial judge of one count each of sexual assault and buggery in the Phoenix Park.

New extradition proceedings have been brought against an Irishman wanted in Hungary for causing the death of two children more than nine years ago.