A woman will be sentenced next year for accidentally stabbing an 18 month-old girl while she was attacking the child’s mother.

An alcoholic woman described as "a menace on the road" by Judge Tony Hunt has been jailed for six years for dangerous driving which resulted in severe leg injuries to a Swedish tourist.

GARDAÍ yesterday appealed for those behind the disappearance of a young Co Louth girl to give up information and help her family find closure.