The mother of a six-year-old girl who was found wandering the streets in the middle of winter in a distressed state has avoided a jail term for wilfully neglecting her children.

An English man who smashed a glass into a woman’s face because an expected “romantic engagement” did not happen has been sentenced to four years with the final 18 months suspended

A woman on trial for murdering a teenage mother-of-two by stabbing her in the chest outside a supermarket, told gardaí in an interview that she regretted the killing and wished she could turn back the clock.