The Shane Geoghegan murder trial has today heard that the apparent intended target lived four doors away from the rugby player on the night he was shot, in a case of mistaken identity.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a hypodermic syringe and a bottle marked 'caustic soda' were found in his house following his arrest.

A Corkman who raped his two sisters over 30 years ago has been given a four-year sentence by Mr Justice Paul Butler at the Central Criminal Court.