The trial of a garda civil servant accused of using bogus sick certs has collapsed after a judge ruled the investigation breached her right to privacy.

A former soccer player has been jailed for three years for killing a woman he thought was spreading rumours about his new-born baby being taken into care.

A 31-year-old man charged in connection with a fatal assault on a woman outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin city-centre last month has been remanded on continuing bail pending directions from the DPP.

A 31-year-old man appeared in court today charged in connection with a fatal assault on a woman outside the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin city-centre last week.

A 17-year-old boy appeared in court today for leading gardaí on a half-hour high speed pursuit where at one point he allegedly drove the wrong way through the Dublin Port Tunnel.