A man has been acquitted of assaulting a tourist who was partially blinded by flying glass in Co Offaly last year.

A man has appeared in court in Offaly charged with assaulting a woman at a festival in Birr earlier this month.

Gardaí in Co Clare are investigating a gun attack on a house in the county in the early hours of this morning.

A family escaped injury when shots were fired at their home, gardaí revealed last night.