A Scottish van driver accused of murdering a schoolgirl told police he often used the stretch of road off which her body was found, his trial has heard.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday met Irish troops engaged in last-minute training ahead of an EU peacekeeping mission to war-torn Chad.

John Breslin and Diarmaid MacDermott

Two soldiers have been disciplined after an inquiry into allegations that a private was locked into a locker and ordered to eat food off a floor at an army barracks.