Fears have been raised that shifting Japanese knotweed around a site designated for social housing in West Cork could put nearby private properties at risk by undermining building foundations.

A Garda who tried to stop a drunk driver was pulled a short distance along beside the car as the motorist took off through Carrigaline.

Gardaí have issued an urgent appeal to locate a car last seen in Co Wicklow this morning.

A teenager who set fire to a car wash in a petrol station and robbed the same shop 18 months later armed with a golf club has been sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Desmond Hogan.

A “human hand” found in a bag of coal by a man in Co Cavan is to be examined by forensic detectives.