A father of one who picked up two shotguns and ammunition from a derelict house after a man threatened to put a hand grenade through his window has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A man who came off drugs twice and helped many others combat their addictions has been given a seven-and-half-years sentence for having heroin worth almost €200,000.

A 22-year-old man has been given an 18-month sentence for his role in the events leading up to the death of a man in Ballymun who remonstrated with a group of youths following the theft of his friend’s car.

The father of a woman on trial accused of making false rape allegations against him told gardaí that "from the day she was born she was bad" and she made the claims because he was seeking custody of her children.

Naval divers are due to arrive at Valentia Island in Co Kerry within the next hour to help search for a missing American rock climber.

THE German tourist who was murdered, sexually assaulted and decapitated was a random victim, chosen purely because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.