A Romanian national has today been sentenced to eight years in prison after he left a construction worker with brain damage having hit him over the head five times with a plank of wood.

Five inmates who took part in a St. Stephen's Day riot at St. Patrick's Institution in which four prison officers were injured have received two and three year sentences in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A jury has heard that a west Dublin woman, who was raped in her home by one of two men who broke into it, believes her former husband was capable of arranging for the men to carry out the attack.