Gardaí went to investigate a reported break-in at a guesthouse in Cork and, after a 20-minute search, found an intruder — who was unlawfully at large from prison — hiding in a shower unit.

COCAINE was instrumental in the deaths of two men in two separate incidents, the coroner’s court in Dublin heard yesterday.

The sentencing of an 18-year-old alcoholic convicted of the manslaughter of 20-year-old man at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in September 2005 has been adjourned at the Central Criminal Court today.

An 18-year-old alcoholic with learning difficulties was convicted today of the manslaughter of a 20-year-old after a drinking session in a field beside the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in September 2005.