A homeless Cork man who scored a “win” when he made off with over €10,000 cash and €16,000 cheques after a random burglary has been jailed for two and a half years.

Latest: A forensic scientist has told a murder trial that the deceased's blood was found throughout a house and there was evidence that a clean-up had taken place.

A Cavan bachelor who developed "a distorted conception" of his then five to 15-years-old niece as his "life's partner" has been jailed for 12 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A garda has told a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury that he was not aware of any garda coming to his assistance when a protester had him by the neck at the "Reclaim the Streets" protest in 2002.