A 17-year-old sustained slash wounds to his face and hands, requiring 100 stitches, after being viciously assaulted at his home by two men armed with a carpet knife and blades.

The district court judge who witnessed a man exposing himself in front of him in court is not to be called to give evidence in the case.

A 17-year-old boy has been given a five-year probation supervision order for the oral rape of his three-and-a-half year old cousin at his Co Clare home almost two years ago.

A 17-year-old boy will be sentenced next week for the oral rape of his three-and-a-half-year-old cousin at his Co Clare home almost two years ago.