A woman was knocked to the ground and was assaulted in a West Cork town over the weekend with the attack ending when the assailant was interrupted by three passers-by.

The man was found at a residence off the Navan Road on Wednesday morning.

A “mostly intact” human torso was discovered in a Dublin park following an investigation into the death of convicted rapist James Nolan.

A former garda has been jailed for theft after he pleaded guilty to obtaining over €50,000 by telling people his wife had cancer and needed treatment in the US.