A man was charged in connection with the death of a schoolboy in Tallaght in 2001.

One of two men accused of murdering a 65-year-old grandmother told gardaí he “played no role in the death of that poor woman”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A former member of the health and safety team at Tesco who started a fire at the company’s warehouse because he believed there was a lack of adequate fire precautions has escaped escape jail by completing 240 hours of community service.