A woman charged with murdering her colleague by driving him into a harbour, where he drowned, told a paramedic that “he shouldn’t have been there. I drove the car into the water,” her trial has heard.

A witness noticed a woman arguing on the phone in a car shortly before the accused is alleged to have driven her passenger colleague into a deep harbour, where he drowned, a murder trial has heard that.

A teenager who attacked and injured a man in revenge for remarks made on the Bebo website, was spared a custodial sentence today.

A teenager who kicked a garda in the mouth breaking his teeth is to carry out 240 hours of work in the community in lieu of two years in prison.