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By Peter O’ Dwyer

The Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) has said it ordered overnight surveillance clearance sweeps on its Dublin offices because it feared “exceptionally informed” comments aired in public had been leaked from its headquarters.

A woman who had been drinking Wkd alcopops chased a fast-food worker around a Tralee takeaway shouting that she loved him and wanted him.

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An arrest warrant has been issued for a mother of four who assaulted her close friend outside the Rotunda Hospital in an incident that led to the victim’s death.

A 27-year-old accused of murdering a man in Co Wicklow three years ago apologised for the “hardship” he caused the deceased’s family, a court has heard.

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A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his friend in a row in Co Wicklow last year.

The trial of a man accused of murdering his friend has heard the deceased was “abusive” with everyone he came into contact with on the day he was killed.

IRELAND’S U19’s slipped to a comprehensive defeat against Serbia in Belgrade last night in the first of this week’s friendly away games.

A mother-of-four who was acquitted of her close friend’s manslaughter but found guilty of assault causing harm outside the Rotunda Hospital, is to be sentenced in July.

DESPITE the stinging criticismsof Denis O’Brien contained inthe report of the Moriarty Tribunal, FAI chief executive John Delaney has said that he is happy to have the wages of Giovanni Trapattoni and Marco Tardelli continue to be part-paid by the businessman.

THESE two teams were level on points at the start of this game but they weren’t even level in numbers by the end as Bohemians had Keith Buckley and manager Pat Fenlon sent off and Derry City made the most of their numerical advantage to register a victory made even more comfortable when Bohs fluffed a penalty with five minutes to go.

A Co Louth man who was convicted of IRA membership is on hunger strike in Portlaoise Prison, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

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In what has been another week of bad news for the domestic game, St Patrick’s Athletic last night displayed the merits of full-time professional football to progress to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup with a sensational, heart-stopping and, it must be said, thoroughly deserved victory over Elfsborg at a packed and ecstatic Richmond Park.

TEN-MAN Cork City lost the last remaining unbeaten record in the Premier Division as champions Drogheda United returned to winning ways with a morale-boosting victory in Turner’s Cross last night.

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DESPITE giving an admirable account of themselves, Shelbourne, the former giants of Irish football, couldn’t turn giant killers at Tolka Park, as a first half Roy O’Donovan penalty was enough to see Cork City through to the next round of the FAI Ford Cup.

A five-judge Supreme Court is to hear a legal challenge by a Dundalk man charged with IRA membership to the jurisdiction of the Special Criminal Court.

CORK CITY and Dungannon Swifts will have to be content with a share of second place in Group 2 of the Setanta Cup after this scoreless draw in Stangmore Park last night.

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A thirty three year-old Limerick man has been sentenced to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his partners ex-boyfriend on August 10 2004.

THE standoff between the GAA and the Dublin Handball Board has escalated with the news that Croke Park has asked for the handball centre adjacent to Hill 16 to be vacated before the end of the month.

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THE first Irish international set to move in the transfer window is Alan Maybury, expected to leave Hearts for Leicester City.

A man accused of murder admitted to a garda inspector that he went back to the victim’s body days after her death, removed some of her clothing and hid them in a graveyard skip, it was alleged at the Central Criminal court today.