A Tipperary man who shot his father dead at the family home was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court today.

Helen O’Neill, of Médecins Sans Frontières, describes the deteriorating situation in Congo and stresses the need for the violence to stop, so the growing humanitarian crisis can be managed.

LINDA MULHALL, jailed along with her sister for their part in the killing of their mother’s boyfriend, yesterday lost her appeal against the severity of her 15-year sentence.

A JUDGE yesterday rejected the evidence of a consultant psychiatrist that a Nigerian man she is treating was fit to plead to a number of charges.

A JUDGE yesterday launched a strong attack on the Central Mental Hospital over the manner he said it was treating his court.

Former Fine Gael TD Maurice Manning was today re-appointed as president of the Human Rights Commission for a second five-year term.