Judge Sheehan said O’Donovan used “significant violence” during the sexual attack on the woman.

The planned office site is 1.3 acres of an overall 13.3 acre site in Cherrywood, Loughlinstown, 12 acres of which is zoned for town centre development.

The SDLP leader addressed a New Ireland Commission event in Belfast.

Cloverhill District Court heard that Bohan observed the family, threw a bucket at them and was "screaming at them to move out".

Stephen Alexander, his brother Doug jnr, and their parents, Doug and Lily, died in a collision on the N25 near New Ross

The toddler, who has a twin sister Freyja, was found unresponsive by a woman in the house who immediately contacted emergency services.

The man in his 40s, who was arrested on Thursday, has been charged and will appear in court on Friday.

Gardaí conducted a search of a house at approximately 11pm on Thursday evening, where 2kg of suspected heroin was found.

The Taoiseach voted minutes after polls opened on Friday morning before heading off on a 14-hour canvass.

Spend in pubs increased 10 per cent in the month, compared to a 12 per cent decrease in the month in May 2023.

A man and woman were taken to Cork University Hospital to be treated for injuries after the attack

A photo of convicted killer Molly Martens smiling as she leaves a US prison is splashed across all the Irish newspapers

The man, aged in his 40s, was questioned by gardai in Dublin.

Voting will take place on Friday for 949 seats across the State’s 31 local authorities.

Voters will elect almost 1,000 councillors, 14 MEPs and a mayor for Limerick.

Three men, two aged in their 20s and one in his 40s, and one woman in her 20s have since been charged and are expected to appear before a sitting of Galway District Court on Friday.

Ireland will vote to elect 14 representatives to the European Parliament on Friday.

Ms Morey’s sister Jolene Morey led a countdown at the vigil before hundreds of coloured balloons were released into the sky.

Six men have gone at trial at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork charged with the murder of Tom Dooley, at New Rath Cemetery, Rathass, Tralee on October 5th, 2022.

A report produced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the vast majority of applications were related to journalists who were victims, suspects or witnesses to crime.