A sex offender has been jailed for two years after a court heard he befriended a Cork boy through Facebook and had arranged to travel to Mallow to sexually exploit the child.

A man appeared in court yesterday on a child pornography offence, accused of having in his possession images of naked boys.

A man accused of raping his ex-partner at gunpoint told gardaí he drove to her Clare home so he could 'cuddle' her and show her how upset he was by putting the weapon in his mouth.

A man accused of raping his pregnant ex-partner told gardaí that he "lost the plot" and hit the woman in the face after asking her about a relationship he believed she had been in while they were going out together.