The priest hugged his attacker in the courtroom after the sentence was handed down.

Fr Paul Murphy told the court earlier this month that he forgave his attacker, before hugging him.

The protocol, signed up to by 17 agencies, recognises the "undisputed fact that delays in the criminal justice system are detrimental to child victims and child defendants"

Swiss national Stephane Benz is charged with the murder of his father Urz Benz, 62.

A man arrested in connection with the death of another man on Saturday has been charged.

It relates to an incident that happened in Castaheany on the January 23rd.

The body of a man in his 70s was discovered after gardaí were called to a house in Tobersool near Balbriggan in north county Dublin.

The man is due before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Thursday.

This brings the number of arrests in connection with the riots to 53

Shortly after 3pm on Friday, gardaí intercepted two vehicles and carried out a planned search of a business premises in the Ballymount area of Tallaght

The body of Ms Ward, 22, was found by police in Northern Ireland at her home in Melrose Street in Belfast on October 1st

The incident occurred at a home in the Dublin 9 area on Saturday evening.

She was seriously injured in the alleged attack at a home in Clonshaugh on Saturday.

Daniel Hourigan, 31 with an address at Cork Simon Community, Mill House, Anderson’s Quay, Cork appeared before Judge Brendan O’Reilly at Clonakilty District Court.

Three other men in their 20s, 30s and 40s were previously arrested and have appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice.

The investigation targets organised crime gangs and repeat offenders particularly in the areas of burglary and break-ins.

Two men have been arrested and charged as part of the investigation into the murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods

Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to a break-in at a building in Tallaght which was due to host asylum seekers.

The court sat as usual at 10.30am, with all business completed by 10.45am