A Cavan man has today begun his appeal against his conviction for raping and sexually assaulting his teenage niece.

THERE are no special care beds for vulnerable young people, the HSE has said, including for a potentially suicidal 16-year-old girl.

A HOUSE jointly owned by a man who is now homeless and receiving treatment for alcohol addiction was repossessed by a bank in the High Court yesterday.

A WOMAN who claimed a bank told her a €100,000 investment would be risk free although it dropped in value to just €40,000 has settled her legal proceedings against the bank.

The High Court has cleared the way for the publication of a HSE report into the health service’s handling of six children who were abused by their parents in the West of the Ireland.

AN award of €176,000 was made at the High Court in Cork yesterday to a man who was knocked down crossing the road to his home in the city.

The United States is seeking the extradition of an alleged armed bank robber who it is claimed lost both his gun and his haul of $12,600 while departing the scene.

A former Workers Party leader wanted in the US in relation to a massive dollar counterfeiting operation was today granted bail ahead of his extradition hearing.

A former Workers Party leader wanted in the United States over a massive dollar counterfeiting racket must prove he will not flee Ireland if he is to be given bail, a High Court judge warned him today.

A former Workers Party leader wanted in the US over a massive counterfeiting racket could be electronically tagged in Ireland, it was revealed today.

A DETECTIVE garda sergeant investigating the gun murder of a tax inspector’s wife deliberately misled other gardaí, it was claimed in a High Court case yesterday.

A MAN who bit the entire bottom lip off another man during a fight and who was sentenced to three years in prison has had his appeal against the severity of that sentence dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

The presence of military instruction manuals found in the bedroom of a man accused of IRA membership should be viewed as “very very normal” and nothing more than a young man’s passing interest, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Defence counsel in the trial of an unemployed father of four gardaí believe is the head of the IRA in Dublin told the Special Criminal Court today there is not a "shred of evidence" against his client.

An unemployed father-of-four gardaí believe is the head of the IRA in Dublin told gardaí he gave money to another man who was convicted of IRA membership because he was “broke”, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

An unemployed househusband accused of IRA membership told gardaí he hadn't 'a clue' why an associate of his was carrying a large wad of cash near his home with his name on it, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A senior garda told the Special Criminal Court today that he believed the man accused of IRA membership was in charge of the IRA in the Dublin area.

A FORMER security company owner told the Special Criminal Court today that the man accused of IRA membership threatened to kill him and his family if he stopped paying him money.

IT’S NOT often that a judge manages to say something that makes us all feel good about ourselves.

THE High Court has made an interim order restraining the deportation of a Nigerian mother and her two children.

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Noel Dempsey yesterday insisted he could not intervene in the increasingly bitter dispute over Shell’s Corrib Gas proposal, as five Mayo men spent a second night in jail.

THE plight of a severely autistic 14-year-old boy may yet damage Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s last-ditch efforts to convince people with disabilities that they should embrace the Government’s much-criticised Disability Bill.

A NUMBER of ATMs are out of cash this morning in larger urban centres, such as Dublin, Cork and Waterford, ahead of this weekend’s bank holiday.

THE only person to be convicted in connection with the Omagh bombing had his conviction quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA) yesterday.