A “vulnerable” Dublin man who was been described as leading a “sheltered life” with his parents has been sentenced to seven years in prison with the last two suspended for possessing €1.3m of cannabis in a disused warehouse.

THE funeral arrangements for Catriona Innes, aged 26, and her seven-year-old daughter, Katelyn, were being finalised last night.

The Deputy State Pathologist is to carry out post mortem examinations today on the bodies of a mother and child discovered in Co Donegal yesterday.

The bodies of a young mother and her seven-year-old daughter have been discovered in a house in Co Donegal, gardaí said today.

A taximan has been fined €2000 and disqualified from driving for two years for his attack on a young man who spat at his car and which left the victim in need of a life support machine for six weeks.