A pathologist’s assistant who became addicted to anti-depression medication was apprehended in Cork trying to get Xanax with a forged prescription.

A HISTORIAN contracted to write the history of the Office of Public Works (OPW) has been given an extra €80,000 even though he has completed just two chapters and the book may never be published.

THREE Northern Ireland men arrested during a garda investigation into the activities of dissident republicans were charged with membership of an illegal organisation at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday.

Three Northern Ireland men arrested in Dublin at the weekend by gardaí investigating the activities of dissident republican terrorist groups were today charged in court with membership of an illegal organisation.

A 38-year-old former employee of the Coombe Hospital has been fined and sentenced to community service.