In a victim impact statement the woman described how she was left "stunned" after the rapes.

A former member of the Slovakian police force who raped a female relative in his Sligo home last year has been jailed for eight years by Mr Justice Eamon de Valera at the Central Criminal Court.

A former Slovakian policeman has been convicted at the Central Criminal Court of raping a woman in his Sligo home last year.

John Murphy and Carol Minihane are the toast of Bandon Golf Club after hoisting the Munster representatives into tomorrow's final of the BMW All-Ireland mixed foursomes at Belvoir Park.