The judge said he thought Alex Kane was “well capable of reforming” and having read a number of reports accepted that things had happened to him “that should not have”.

St Vincent’s University Hospital, has apologised in court to the widow and family of a patient who died in the hospital for any shortcomings in his care as they today settled a High Court action for €150,000.

A 74-year-old Dublin man, who repeatedly raped his daughter as a child, has had his jail sentence tripled on appeal.