Gardaí in Cork are trying to establish if a Frenchman died as a result of an alleged attack in the city centre.

A woman yesterday denied voluntarily getting into a hotel bed with two footballers.

A woman today denied getting into a hotel bed voluntarily with two footballers, including the son of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

FIVE prisoners have been transferred from Irish jails to their native country this year under repatriation laws.