A man found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of a 55-year-old Dublin granddad has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital.

A Carlow man who claimed his grandniece asked him to pay her for sex will be sentenced next month for regularly raping both her and another niece.

An attempt by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to stop his trial on alleged tax offences is due to go before the High Court today.