The driver of the bus which crashed three years ago, which caused the deaths of five Meath schoolgirls, has revealed he had never been told the vehicle was supposed to have an anti-lock braking system (ABS).

The son of a woman whose husband is on trial for her murder, has told a trial in the Central Criminal Court that his mother was afraid of his father.

A High Court judge has called for an urgent practice direction on implementing the Sex Offenders Act 2001 and for guidelines that clarify the distinction between therapeutic and medical examination of alleged rape and sexual assault victims.