A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Gardaí arrest man with machine gun
Gardaí arrested a 42-year-old man who was carrying an Uzi machine gun in a rucksack in Dundalk yesterday. It is believed he has associations with the INLA, which is linked to serious crime throughout the country including the Border area, writes Elaine Keogh.
A Garda spokesman confirmed the man was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of the weapon and on suspicion of membership of the INLA. He was stopped and searched as he walked in the Long Walk area of Dundalk, Co Louth just after 7am.
Nurse in Kilkenny brothel case
A nurse has appeared in Kilkenny District Court charged with managing a brothel in the city centre.
Jing Wang, a Chinese national with an address at Colliers Lane, Kilkenny, was refused bail at yesterday's sitting. Her solicitor, John Harte, told the court his client had trained as a nurse in China and had arrived in Ireland on a student visa two years ago.
Supt Pat Mangan said that following inquiries it emerged that Ms Jing had not been engaged in studies in the past six months. A file on a second female foreign national arrested at the apartment and later released is being prepared for the DPP.
Man charged with double rape
A man was yesterday charged with the double rape and mugging of a woman near a block of flats in Galway last year. The man, who may not be identified, is charged with raping the woman twice during the same incident and with robbing her mobile phone in a green area adjacent to Walter Macken Flats, Mervue, Galway, on August 16th last year. Judge Mary Fahy remanded the accused in custody to appear tomorrow.
Healy-Rae agrees to council order
Enforcement proceedings begun by Kerry County Council against Independent FF councillor Danny Healy-Rae have been withdrawn. He has clarified that the alleged unauthorised quarrying work on an elevated site near Kilgarvan was "for agricultural purposes", writes Anne Lucey.
Cllr Healy-Rae had applied for a 38-house development at Gortnaboul, Kilgarvan. The application was refused because of a deficient sewage system and this refusal was upheld last August when Cllr Healy-Rae appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
Body of assault victim released
The body of Lorraine White, who died in hospital following a violent assault, has been released to her family for burial more than a month after her death.
Ms White (42) died following an incident in the bathroom of a house in Callan, Co Kilkenny, on March 8th. Her body was flown home to England for burial two-weeks ago but the coroner there insisted on a new postmortem. Results from a postmortem in Dublin were not released and gardaí are continuing to investigate.