Two Ballincollig brothers took the law into their hands when they heard an allegation that an elderly neighbour had been seen in the back garden of their own elderly mother’s home.

A well-known Dublin restaurant popular with TDs and senators was just one of 10 premises forced to close last month for breaching food safety regulations.

A 25 year-old Lithuanian man who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life last month has been given a concurrent 18-month prison term for an assault arising from the same incident.