A 66-year-old woman who claimed she had been wrongly accused of not paying for a bucket and mop has settled her €38,000 damages claim for defamation against Woodies DIY Limited.

A man accused of the murder of his partner’s son, Dean Fitzpatrick, who died following a stabbing last year, has been let out on €15,000 bail.

A 43-year-old man made no reply when he was charged with the murder of his partner Audrey Fitzpatrick’s son, Dean, who died following a stabbing incident last year, a court has heard.

A man in his 30s posed as a 16-year-old on the social network site Tagged.com to groom three teenage girls for sex, Trim Circuit Court heard yesterday.

The sun seemed out of place at the funeral of stabbing victim Dean Fitzpatrick in Dublin yesterday.

The President of the High Court said he hoped his decision about who would bury Dean Fitzpatrick would result in the grief borne by all Dean’s extended family being respected.