EVEN the most ardent, one-eyed champion of An Garda Síochána would have to concede that the force’s credibility took a battering over the penalty points scandal and how two whistleblowers — Sergeant Maurice McCabe and former Garda John Wilson — were treated so poorly by the force’s officer corps. 

The murder of Elaine O’Hara has had “profound and devastating consequences” for a number of people and will affect families for many years, the commander of the Garda investigation said yesterday.

Sentencing of a father who seriously assaulted his infant son was put back again yesterday for a medical report addressing the prognosis for the child’s development.

A father who became frustrated with his colicky, eight-week-old baby shook him until he became limp and an ambulance had to be called to rush the child to hospital.