A civil servant who was found guilty of spying on her former supervisor by hacking into her phone’s voicemail messages, has escaped punishment.

A judge has today ordered the arrest of a man who has gone missing while waiting trial for withholding information from gardaí investigating the murder of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan.

A man accused of withholding information from gardaí investigating the murder of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan has been reported missing, a judge heard yesterday.

A man was charged in connection with the death of a schoolboy in Tallaght in 2001.

A 39-year-old Dublin City Council employee was found guilty today of hacking into voice-mail messages left on her former supervisor's work phone.

FOUR of the last five Cork county beef bull championships at Carbery Show have gone to Midleton breeder John O’Grady.

SIX men charged with conspiring to steal almost €1 million from a cash-in-transit vehicle last Friday were remanded in custody yesterday.

THERE was tight security yesterday as seven men were charged with conspiracy to rob almost €1 million from a cash-in-transit van last Friday.

IT’S been a very good July for Church Cross, Skibbereen dairy farmer Jerry Hegarty. A couple of weeks ago he won his second All-Ireland Intermediate Road-bowling title in a titanic man-to-man struggle with Ulster champion Harry Toal.