A man who raped a foreign student in the hall of her Carlow home after following her from a bus they had shared has been jailed for 10 years.

Co Donegal gardaí allegedly acted towards a man with autism in a manner that would cause much concern, a High Court judge has said.

A Jamaican woman allegedly bludgeoned to death with a lump hammer by her Nigerian husband was advised to get a barring order on the day she died, a solicitor has told the Central Criminal Court today.