A murder trial has heard that the body of a Cavan woman Patricia Kierans was found by gardai lying on the floor of a bedroom next to a cot at her family home.

A 24-year-old man told gardaí to "tell his Ma I’m sorry" when he was charged over the death of his best friend who died after an alleged taxi hijacking in Dublin.

TRANSATLANTIC co-operation between two police forces will culminate this coming Friday with a major concert designed to raise money for families of children battling cancer.

A 30 year-old man who broke into a Bank of Ireland branch in Blanchardstown via a open window and stole more than €40,000 will be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.