One of the boys accused of murdering schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel arranged to meet her in the park because he "didn't want to be seen with her", his co-accused told a garda.

Ana Kriegel’s murder trial has heard one of two boys accused of murdering her told a garda he thought she had beaten the other boy up.

A 73-year-old grandfather who sexually abused a number of young girls in his neighbourhood over an almost 20-year period has been jailed for four years by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.