A man has been stabbed in West Dublin this afternoon.

Raiders armed with knives threatened to chop off a woman’s fingers in front of her son and told her they would do the same to the boy during a traumatic burglary, a court has heard.

A judge who caused outrage after claiming that “Muslims feel they can actually beat their wives” has apologised unreservedly for the “un-fortunate” remarks.

THE body of Rachel O’Reilly, the mother of two who was murdered at her home last year, was exhumed yesterday on foot of a fresh lead uncovered in the past seven days.