The DPP has asked for an order preventing a convicted sex offender from contacting children online after a court heard he was using Twitter to claim he worked for the band One Direction.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked for an order preventing a convicted sex offender from contacting children online after a court heard he was using Twitter to claim he worked for the band One Direction.

ACC Bank has secured €6.5 million summary judgment orders against a Co Westmeath couple over unpaid development loans.

A 16-year-old boy was today charged with violent disorder in connection with riots that broke out in Finglas during St Patrick’s Day festivities.