A local authority was "bewilderingly incompetent" in its conduct when it directed a construction firm to trespass on private land to carry out road and drainage works, a High Court judge said.

The funeral of the woman who died after being knocked down by a Garda car in Dublin last week, takes place today.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) and eircom have jointly made a planning application to develop housing and offices sites in south Dublin.