A Dublin man who fraudulently lived off Irish disability benefits for almost two years while in Malaysia, where he quit drugs and started a family, has been given suspended jail terms totalling 12 months.

A challenge against the State's alleged use of more than €1.1m of public money on an information campaign about the Children's Referendum will be heard by the High Court early next week.

FROM the visuals, it looks like Fianna Fáil’s Chris Andrews is guaranteed two votes at least when the country goes to the polls today.

THE recent cabinet decision to abolish the Irish language requirement for the Law Society and the King’s Inns was disappointing.