A young Skerries alcoholic who broke into an aviary and killed 12 "unusual and exotic display birds" by pulling their heads off has been given a three-year sentence by Judge Patricia Ryan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Fingal man who broke into an aviary and killed 12 "unusual and exotic display birds" by pulling their heads off has had his sentence adjourned to allow him turn over a new leaf "whether he likes it or not."

The husband of a murdered mother of two was fined €750 today for driving his sister’s car without insurance.