A Dutchman who was arrested in a luxury Dublin apartment during a Garda operation targeting the Kinahan organised crime gang has been refused bail on bogus passport charges.

Murder accused Graham Dwyer sent Elaine O’Hara 847 text messages between January 2008 and December 2009, including 53 on one particular day.

A man who received an award for volunteering in his community has been given a four-year sentence for sexually abusing three young boys.

The man accused of murdering a 'Google' employee as he walked home from the pub told gardaí that he was not a violent person and had not meant to stab or kill the deceased.