A foreign student was robbed after being led down a lane way by a woman she had stopped to ask directions from, a court has heard.

A man accused of raping his 71-year-old aunt at knife point for three hours has told a court they had consensual sex on a number of occasions.

A garda in charge of photographing the scene of the alleged rape of an elderly woman accidently deleted the pictures, a court has heard.

FOTA Golf Club witnessed a prelude to the Ryder Cup yesterday as Americans and Irish fought it out on the course. The teams did contain a few bigs names, but they were from the world of policing.