A young mother who sued after she claimed she tripped on broken concrete outside shops in a Dublin suburb has settled her High Court action.

GERRY Ryan declined to take a pay cut like others at RTÉ at a time when most Irish people are having their wages reduced.

A 56 year-old man has been given a five year sentence for his role in what Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court called "a crime motivated by xenophobia and racism".