A psychiatric expert has told the Central Criminal Court that a man who assaulted his wife poses an “extremely low risk” of re-offending, if he is not jailed.

A 48-year-old Waterford Man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to assaulting a woman in his home, causing her harm.

Turnout in the local and European elections could be as high as the general election two years ago, it emerged tonight.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman was traumatised when a teenager broke into her house and asked if he could go to bed to hide from the gardaí. The culprit was yesterday jailed for 18 months.

TWO teenagers were arrested and charged with public order offences arising out of an investigation of serious stabbings in woodlands at Blarney, Co Cork.