A judge who sentenced a Meath man to two and a half years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend did not inquire into an allegation that the man locked the woman in a dog cage, his lawyers claimed at the Court of Appeal yesterday.

THE discovery of a newborn’s body on a beach and a family’s alleged confession they had killed a baby days earlier and put the body into the sea led to the Kerry Babies Tribunal.

ENGLAND: A rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 (€348,000) at auction next week.

Three teenagers have been jailed for their part in a “wicked and unnecessary” axe and knife attack on a drunken man in scenes reminiscent of the Hollywood movie The Shining.

Charing Cross station in London was evacuated today as emergency services dealt with a fire on a train.

McVitie’s and Jaffa Cakes maker United Biscuits is to be swallowed up by Turkish food conglomerate Yildiz Holdings in a deal believed to be worth £2bn (€2.56bn), it was announced today.

Food giant Heinz has warned that almost 250 jobs could be cut in the UK and Ireland under organisational changes.

Thousands of people have been left with worthless HMV gift vouchers as the retailer confirmed it has gone into administration.

There were major delays on rail services serving Heathrow airport in the UK today after a person was hit by a train.

NAMA has secured court orders enabling it to move against assets in Britain of developer brothers Ray and Danny Grehan as part of the agency’s efforts to recover unpaid loans of over €300 million.

DEVELOPER brothers Ray and Danny Grehan have consented to summary judgment orders for over €300 million being entered against each of them in favour of NAMA.

New bidders are being sought for Jaffa Cakes and Hobnobs firm United Biscuits after talks with a Chinese food giant hit the buffers, it was reported today.

TWO 11-year-old boys, convicted of trying to rape an eight-year-old girl near her home last year, were given supervision orders yesterday.

Two 11-year-old boys were each given a three-year supervision order today for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl.

TWO boys were among Britain’s youngest sex offenders yesterday when they were found guilty of attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl.

Two boys aged 10 and 11 were found guilty today of attempting to rape a girl of eight in the UK.

Two boys aged 10 and 11 were today cleared of raping an eight-year-old girl.

A MOTHER spoke yesterday of her shock when her eight-year-old daughter said she had been raped by playmates.

Car hire firm Avis Europe today said it planned to cut 315 jobs – equivalent to 5% of its workforce – and close some rental locations.

Police are still trying to trace the family of a nine-year-old who says he was left at a bus stop by his uncle.

SEVERAL Irishmen are believed to be among 22 suspected members of a huge international drugs gang arrested by British police yesterday.

The peace of a suburban west London street was shattered today as police rammed a digger into the home of a suspected millionaire drug trafficker.

THE first primaries for the US presidential election are upon us, and the world is eager to learn who might become the next leader of the free world.

Police were confident tonight of being able to contain the expected climax of the climate camp at Heathrow Airport tomorrow.

A 70-year-old British grandmother is facing life imprisonment after being convicted yesterday of the “honour killing” of her son’s wife who she murdered after luring her to India.

A jury retired for a fifth day today to consider its verdicts in the case of a grey-haired grandmother accused of ordering the execution of her daughter-in-law.

PHILIP WALTON continues to press the case for nuclear electricity in Ireland (Letters, June 18).

Two men were cleared today of taking part in a gunpoint attack on a director at Queens Park Rangers.

The £3bn (€4.4bn) takeover of UK supermarket group Safeway by rival Morrisons was moving a step closer today.

Detectives are continuing to question five men arrested in connection with one of Britain's biggest mobile phone robberies.

Seven men have escaped a maximum jail sentence despite taking part in the world's largest internet paedophile ring.