A barrister representing the family of Sean Brown told a court their treatment by state agencies was a ‘public shame and a public disgrace’.

The father was giving evidence in his daughter's civil action against the man who she says sexually assaulted and raped her when he gave her lifts to school in 2009/10.

Anthony Goodman (78) of no fixed abode was found guilty of contravening a sex offender order on January 13th 2020 following a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Weston Airport is located 13km west of Dublin, between Lucan and Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Kyle Hayes (25) was convicted by a jury at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court of two counts of violent disorder

Met Éireann said there will very cold temperatures during the day and at night with persistent frost and icy stretches

Ronan Lawless (35) died at Beaumont Hospital a week after gardaí were called to his home

Paul "Babs" Connolly was found unresponsive on Church Street in Athlone in the early hours of August 13th, 2022.

The airport is to receive €12 million in private sector investment by the Comer Group International, in partnership with Bolster Group, to develop a major runway expansion plan

Sinn Féin is to table a no-confidence motion in Minister for Justice Helen McEntee next week

Two men in their 20s, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s were arrested at the scene.

Sinn Féin's Imelda Munster has announced she will not contest the next general election

Gardaí are currently checking CCTV, but there are no descriptions of the thieves as they were wearing masks and gloves.

Friday's front pages

Gardaí have arrested two people in relation to an investigation into the robbery of a shop in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin on Friday, November 24th

The Pogues’ frontman has died at the age of 65

A £20,000 (€23,176) reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible

A number of celebrities have paid tribute to the late Irish singer, best known for hit festive song Fairytale Of New York.

The directors state that the group produced an operating profit of €40,011 for the year, which was a €939,147 decrease on the operating profits of €979,158.

The jury in the trial of Kyle Hayes, who denies assault and violent disorder, was asked by his barrister to “give him his life back” after he said the All Star hurler had waited four agonising years for the case to be brought to trial