An 18-year-old driver who fled the scene after his car hit a cyclist has been sentenced to community service in lieu of going to prison.

Jurors hearing the trial of two men accused of attempting to murder members of a Traveller family will vote in the General Election tomorrow morning before retiring to consider their verdicts.

The man accused of trying to kill three members of a Traveller family by firing a sawn off shotgun at them says he was never in their halting site the day Garda allege the shooting happened, a court has heard.

The accused in a triple attempted murder trial told gardaí he was trying to broker a peace deal between two Traveller families feuding over a damaged caravan, a court has heard.

One of the accused in a triple attempted murder trial was trying to broker a peace deal between two Traveller families who were feuding over a damaged caravan, a court has heard today.