A pregnant political activist has been charged with assaulting a garda during yesterday's massive Irish Water demonstration in Dublin.

A man who was rescued by the Emergency Response Unit after being abducted, has today been given a 10-year sentence for possession of €2m worth of heroin.

A man has been arrested following a raid on a building society in Leixlip, Co. Kildare this morning.

Dublin Bus tonight pledged it would publish, within six weeks, a report on a city centre accident that claimed five lives.