The jury in the trial of a man accused of trafficking illegal immigrants into Ireland more than two years ago has been sent to a hotel overnight.

A Mauritian national has told a jury he applied to a company in Mauritius for a work permit for Ireland after reading an advertisement which said: "Would you like to work in Ireland and earn euro?"

An immigration officer has today told a jury that she refused 14 Mauritian nationals entry into the State because she did not believe they were coming to Ireland for a holiday as they claimed.

A man has gone on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court charged with trafficking illegal immigrants into Ireland two years ago.

THE Irish-born baby girl being held in a detention centre in Britain will be sent with her mother to Africa unless authorities here intervene.