A young woman has recalled how her father stabbed her mother to death and attacked her in the family home before killing himself.

A teenage girl is fighting for her life after two adults were stabbed to death at a house in Cobh, Co Cork today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected an appeal by a man against his conviction and seven-year jail sentence for raping a then 14-year-old babysitter at knifepoint in 1996.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal brought by man against his conviction and seven-year jail sentence for raping a then 14-year-old babysitter at knifepoint in 1996.