An unemployed man gave two false statements to gardaí claiming he was sexually assaulted by 'X-Factor' judge Louis Walsh in a Dublin nightclub, a court heard today.

A €20,000 reward was offered today for help in solving the murder of a security guard found stabbed to death near an old cemetery.

A courts service employee who hid a drink driving summons for a taxi driver who stood to lose his job has been given an 18-month sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.