A man, aged in his 20s, has been arrested in connection with a burglary at a retail premises in Stepaside, Dublin early this morning.

Two brothers, who attended a creche identified in an RTÉ exposé about the mistreatment of children, have been awarded a total of €48,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

AN 86-year-old Irish-woman was waiting in anguish last night to hear news of the fate of her second eldest son held hostage in Iraq.