A former bookshop in Cork City centre has permission to be changed to a cafe/restaurant, following a recent planning decision.

Members of the public were excluded from the Special Criminal Court today during evidence by members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA men membership in 2013.

The Special Criminal Court has ruled that members of the public should be excluded from the court when six members of the Garda National Surveillance Unit give evidence in the trial of eight Dublin men accused of IRA membership.

A mother of two, who stole an ambulance during an emergency call-out in Dublin in January, has been jailed for four months.