A 79-year-old woman visiting her dying brother was attacked and robbed outside her own home, sustaining injuries that have deprived her of her independence.

A YOUNG woman was bitten on the nose and forehead by her ex-partner during a violent night at her home during which he put a pillow over her head, tried to strangle her and made threats with a knife and a hammer.

A Galway man paid £1.50 to the father of a mildly mentally impaired teenage woman to have sexual intercourse with her, Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court heard.