An alcoholic burglar has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney for sexually assaulting two children while their mother spoke with neighbours a short distance from their Dublin home.

A Blanchardstown man who burgled five premises in Swords in one night has been given a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for these and other offences.

A garda detective today admitted he altered interview notes from a murder inquiry after separate approaches from a senior officer and a colleague.