A former shop security man who secretly shot graphic images of women in Galway pubs, clubs and streets will be sentenced today for attempted rape and assault.

The Taoiseach will host an event to celebrate the life of the founder of the Special Olympics later today.

The State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy has begun a post mortem examination on the body of a 62-year-old man found in Cork earlier today.

Gardaií are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a crash in Cork this morning in which a man in his 20s died.

A man accused of more than 100 counts of rape and sexual assault against his daughter told gardaí that the mother of the complainant tried to kill her child on at least three occasions, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Detectives tonight released a second photo of a woman found stabbed to death in Phoenix Park in a bid to identify her.

The trial of a Meath resident accused of possessing a firearm and assisting armed robbers has begun at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 22-year-old man who wielded a steak knife and large fork during an hour-long stand off with gardaí has being sentenced to two years and six months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two more men have given evidence of having been sexually abused by a Christian Brother in a Galway industrial school some 40 years ago.

Gardaií in Co Clare are seeking help from the public in tracing the whereabouts of a missing German tourist.

A WEXFORD insurance broker suspected of disappearing with clients’' money had Christmas dinner with the Irish ambassador in Hungary while international search warrants were out for his arrest, a court heard.