The DNA of a man accused of raping a woman with Down syndrome matches DNA taken from semen found on the woman.

A young garda has been jailed for a year at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today for a €10,000 insurance fraud involving his sports car.

A garda convicted of insurance fraud is to be sentenced next week at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A long-term heroin addict who was in heavy debt to drugs criminals has been given an 11-year sentence in consecutive terms by Judge Katherine Delahunt for possessing two stashes of heroin within 14 months.