The 2014 Junior Certificate began with English papers at over 700 schools around the country yesterday morning.

A Clondalkin man has been acquitted of pointing a loaded gun at gardaí while resisting arrest but was found guilty of possessing the weapon in suspicious circumstances.

A jury at the trial of a Clondalkin man accused of pointing a loaded gun at gardaí has heard that the weapon allegedly recovered from him was “cocked, ready for use” and had its serial number erased.

A frantic 999 call made by the girlfriend of a man killed during a row with his father was played in court for a murder trial jury at the Central Criminal court today.