The family of a toddler who died almost two years ago after a car driven by a family friend accidentally rolled over her was yesterday awarded €36,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court for mental distress and loss against an insurance company.

Gardaí in Dublin have made two further arrests in connection with a cash-in-transit raid in Tallaght last year.

A Congolese national involved in classic white-collar crime in Cork, stealing over €324,000 from his employer and trying to steal €300,000 more, was jailed for five years yesterday.

A Congolese man has pleaded guilty to 17 charges relating to over €324,000 of illegal gain which he made by operating a computer at a company based in Cork.

The new Citywest Luas line in Dublin opens today, with services starting at 12 noon.

Work began today on extending the Luas from Tallaght to Citywest and Saggart in West Dublin.

The son of Padraig Harrington's former golf caddy has been sentenced to six years in prison for the robbery of a Kildare supermarket and other offences.

AN ORDER for compensation to be paid to a woman injured while she was sitting in the back of a van has been referred to the Supreme Court.

Roadstone, a leading Irish building materials company, has been fined €17,500 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for breaches of health and safety legislation over five years ago which left two electricians with burns.

THE National Roads Authority will have to pick up the bill for a new section of Luas that will have to be built as part of a €244 million project to upgrade an 8km stretch of the M50.

A NEW controversy over underpayment in the construction industry could have as far-reaching consequences as the Gama episode, Green Party leader Trevor Sargent claimed yesterday.

Gardai in Tallaght have charged a man in his early 20s with public order offences after a gang of youths attacked a Garda last night.