A district court judge yesterday left it up to a circuit court to decide if upwards of seven senior counsel, along with junior counsel, would be assigned on free legal aid to a number of men and women facing various charges under money laundering legislation.

Residents say they are worried privately-owned homes will plunge in value after a local authority acquired almost a third of vacant homes for social housing.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman was traumatised when a teenager broke into her house and asked if he could go to bed to hide from the gardaí. The culprit was yesterday jailed for 18 months.