A man who caused a disturbance at a Chicken Hut facility has been sentenced to two months in prison.

A 42-year-old woman who is several months pregnant and is due a baby shortly after Christmas has lost her attempt not to be evicted from her council house in a village in Co Kerry.

The increased risk posed by winter weather to homeless people is to be raised in the Dáil this week.

A young woman found dead in Tralee, Co Kerry, at the weekend had battled alcohol addiction for several years.