A woman who was raped and sexually abused by her godfather over a four-year period, starting when she was only 12, has been awarded €2.8m damages by a High Court jury.

A woman who was left unable to wear high heels after she suffered a burn injury when a hot water bottle in her bed split open has been awarded €65,000 by the High Court.

A Cavan man who fled to England for a decade after raping one young daughter and sexually assaulting another has been jailed for ten years at the Central Criminal Court.

A Cavan man who fled to England for 10 years after raping one young daughter and sexually assaulting another will be sentenced later at the Central Criminal Court.

Two Waterford men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for two years for attempting to have sex with a mentally impaired woman.

A former stripper who held onto €2.2m worth of heroin for someone else has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A Donegal man has been convicted of both raping and sexually assaulting his wife's niece over a three-year period 15 years ago.

A Donegal man who told gardaí that he had "touched and rubbed" his wife's niece has claimed at his rape trial at the Central Criminal Court that he had "only kissed, hugged and cuddled" the then schoolgirl.

A Donegal woman has told a Central Criminal Court jury that her uncle-in-law regularly "forced himself on me" when she was 12 years old and staying in his home for the weekend.

A jury of 10 woman and two men has acquitted Donegal man accused of raping a woman who said she had earlier snorted cocaine while socialising in a Dublin city centre late-night drinking venue.

There was no forensic evidence that a Donegal man carried out an alleged rape in a Dublin bedsit on a girl who said she had earlier snorted cocaine, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Great Britain gave the massed ranks at Brands Hatch almost the perfect weekend with a win and a second place - but still missed out on the runners-up spot in the championship at the last A1GP round of the season.

Team Great Britain made A1GP history by dominating the Brands Hatch sprint race from start to finish to become the first team to win a home race in the series.

Team Great Britain driver Robbie Kerr powered to pole position for tomorrow's A1GP sprint race at Brands Hatch to become the first driver in the history of the series to achieve the feat on his home track.

Team Ireland achieved its best finish in the A1 Grand Prix series this year when Richard Lyons was fifth in the feature race in Shanghai.

Team Ireland's Richard Lyons will start 18th for tomorrow's Chinese A1 Grand Prix with a best time of one minute 36-point-8 seconds after today's qualifying session.

Team Germany made it a perfect weekend by adding the feature race and sprint event to Saturday’s pole position at the A1GP in South Africa.

Ireland's Richard Lyons has today qualified seventh for Sunday's A1GP race in Durban.

A1GP suffered another embarrassing episode in its brief existence today when loose kerbing ended running early ahead of Sunday’s races in Durban.

A 75-year-old Donegal grandfather who paid his three granddaughters "significant sums of money" to have sex with him on a regular basis has been jailed for five years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

Nico Hulkenberg enhanced his already growing reputation with a double race win in the New Zealand round of the A1GP series to extend Germany’s lead in the championship standings.

A1 Team Ireland have scored their one of their best qualifying results of their disastrous season at the brand-new Taupo circuit in New Zealand today.

IRISH Tarmac Rally champion, Eugene Donnelly will drive his Skoda Fabia WRC on tomorrow’s Tour of Sperrins Rally in Maghera. Interest in the rally is heightened by the fact that the organisers, the Magherafelt and District Motor Club, have switched the rally from gravel to tarmac surface.

A Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife allegedly said to investigating gardaí; "you think I put her in the f**king fire", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

PEOPLE in south Kerry cannot contact local gardaí because the ‘green man’ radio link system used in rural stations hasn’t worked for the last four years, gardaí said yesterday.

Brazil’s Felipe Massa has moved into pole position to grab the last seat in Formula One after Eddie Irvine ruled himself out of contention with Jordan in 2003.

BRAZIL’S Felipe Massa moved into pole position to grab the last seat in Formula One yesterday after Eddie Irvine ruled himself out of contention with Jordan in 2003.

Dutchman Jos Verstappen has emerged as a candidate for the vacant seat at Jordan as he insisted he was “very positive” he would be back on the grid next season.