A man who robbed pension savings from an 88-year-old woman by posing as a council worker has been sentenced to two years in prison.

AN alcoholic who lured a boy aged seven away from his front garden, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted him twice has been jailed for three years.

An alcoholic who lured a seven-year-old boy away from his front garden, falsely imprisoned and sexually assaulted him twice has been jailed for three years.

President Mary McAleese revealed she was on the verge of tears as she attended her last engagement as Head of State today.

Three teenagers robbed a man of his car keys when he was on his way to midnight mass on Christmas Eve and returned to attack him to find out where his car was parked, a court has heard.