A 21-year-old trainee mechanic was charged today with killing journalist Eugene Moloney who died after an assault in Dublin city centre at the weekend.

The prosecution case has closed in the trial of four gardaí accused of forcing entry to a Dublin flat and assaulting its young male occupant.

A Glen Of the Downs protestor who thrust a knife into a Somalian’s mouth after insulting him racially at a Dublin night club has been jailed for three years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 36-year-old security guard who had a relationship with a 13-year-old girl and fathered her child has been jailed for two years by Judge Des Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.