Gardaí have made a fresh appeal for information in relation to a hammer attack on a man in Co Limerick last March.

A retired orthopaedic surgeon and his wife are suing the State for trespassing over an early morning search of their home by gardaí seeking to interview their son about a fatal road accident.

Flood response efforts are continuing across the Mid-West, with local authority staff, fire and rescue crews, the ESB, the army and the Gardaí providing 24-hour response to the flooding crisis on the ground.

Police in the North are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl in west Belfast last night.