A man has been acquitted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of threatening to kill or cause serious harm to crime journalist Paul Williams.

Kevin Barry takes a break next week from his duties on the Ballydoyle gallops to focus on the National coursing meeting in Clonmel. Colm O'Connor reports.

A former army coporal who tried to "attack one of the fundamental pillars of the Irish justice system" by trying to influence a jury deliberating in a criminal trial, has been jailed for four years.

A last-minute effort was made to "buy" a not guilty verdict from the foreman of a jury that last month convicted two Tallaght men of handling a stolen car and setting fire to it.