A detective garda, who was stabbed under his right eye after having been called to sort out trouble on Halloween night 2010, has been awarded over €35,000 damages in the High Court.

Rural crime is at an all-time high, and some criminals perpetrating it have gone to an all-time low - stealing kerbing from family graves.

A Dublin man who stabbed a 15-year-old in Kildare leaving him with life-threatening injuries because the teenager had failed to pay a drug debt has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

LEARNER drivers have been urged not to apply for a driving test unless they are ready to pass as the Department of