The head of TV3 has called on the Government to end the “failed dual-funding mechanism” which allows RTÉ to earn revenue from both advertising and the TV licence fee.

Investigators have conducted post-mortem tests on the body of Rodney King, the central figure of the deadly Los Angeles riots, but it was expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said.

A man who took part in a violent attack on a college student which led to the victim being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus has had his suspended sentence re-activated.

A teenager who along with others violently attacked a college student which led to the victim being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus has been given a suspended sentence.

A group of teenagers whose violent attack on a college student led to the man being thrown from a window on the top floor of a Dublin bus have been remanded for sentence next month.