The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a further appeal by the Minister for Education over findings the constitutional rights of two homeschooled students were breached by their exclusion from the 2020 Leaving Certificate calculated grades process.

A young man who defiled a girl at a party when they were both aged 15 will be sent to an adult prison after his appeal against sentence was dismissed.

A man who abused his young cousin by making him perform sex acts over a six-year period has asked the Court of Appeal to quash his conviction.