A grandmother has been spared jail for lying to GSOC after she posted a lewd Valentine’s card containing a G-string and a bullet to a detective in the Garda "cold case" unit.

Phone records show a Dublin woman was in contact with a detective garda when she allegedly posted a Valentines card containing a g-string and a bullet to one of the officer’s colleagues, a court has heard.

SCHOOLBOOK companies have been asked by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to go beyond commitments already made to help reduce back-to-school bills for parents.

THE PM Group has beaten off stiff competition to win €10 million in EU-funded consultancy projects in the Balkans.