Revenue investigators uncovered an estimated Vat fraud of almost €300,000 at fish and chip outlets in Limerick, when they looked into non-payment of plastic bag levies, a court heard

A man who defrauded the State out of €70,000 in social welfare payments while he was fully employed has been jailed for 18 months.

An elderly woman has been taken to hospital following a fire at a residential home in Co Kilkenny overnight.