Gardaí have arrested eight men and seized cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €4.6m in a series of coordinated searches at six locations around the country.

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for six years by a judge at the Central Criminal Court for the manslaughter of his sister's partner, after a stabbing in Co. Mayo in August, 2009.

A 24-year-old man has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of his sister’s partner, after a stabbing in Co. Mayo last year.

The trial opened today of a 24-year-old man accused of murdering his sister’s partner over a year ago in Co Mayo.

A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo in the early hours of Wednesday morning.