A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Jury fails to reach verdict on students
The jury in a trial of two Dublin men accused of assaulting a man now confined to a wheelchair was sent to a hotel overnight after failing to reach a verdict. Judge Michael White sent the jury away yesterday after it had been deliberating for three hours on day 13 of the hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The jury will resume deliberations this morning.
Students Murray Cummings (21), Lr Kilmacud Road, Stillorgan, and Eoin Hogan (23), Ballyogan Wood, Carrickmines, have pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing David Fox (22) serious harm at Taney Road, Dundrum, in August 2002.
Death of Latvian man an 'accident'
Gardaí have said the discovery of a body of a Latvian man in a house in Bray, Co Wicklow, late on Monday afternoon is not being treated as suspicious.
The body of the 27-year- old man was discovered by gardaí. A senior Garda source said the incident is believed to have been "an unfortunate accident".
Man charged over cocaine seizure
A man has been remanded in custody with consent to bail after he was charged in connection with a €500,000 cocaine seizure by drug squad detectives in Cork earlier this week.
Kevin Kelly (25), Hawthorn Mews, Dublin Hill, Cork, was charged with possession of cocaine and possession of cocaine for sale or supply on October 24th.
Judge Con O'Leary remanded Mr Kelly on his own bail of €10,000 and an independent surety of €25,000, to appear at Cork District Court on November 23rd.
Six-year sentence for drug offence
A man who stored cannabis valued at nearly €250,000 in a business storage unit has been given a six-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Judge Donagh McDonagh suspended the final three years of Francis Mooney's sentence, saying he did not believe Mooney (55), Coultry Road, Ballymun, was the owner of the drugs and he had been foolish to agree to store them.
Youth held over counterfeit cards
A teenager arrested for possessing two counterfeit bank cards is to stay in custody for another week.
The 15-year-old Romanian youth was arrested for possession of the bank cards on Grafton Street, Dublin, on October 17th and remanded in custody by the Children's Court after a Garda objection to bail. The objection was sustained yesterday and he was further remanded. The court had heard he had €950 in cash as well as about £75.
Moving families told to tell schools
Parents moving home have been warned to contact schools well in advance so provisions can be made for accepting new pupils.
Minister for Education Mary Hanafin yesterday said families with school-age children relocating mid-term were being faced with no places left in classrooms.
Although provisions were made at the beginning of the school year to ensure that all pending students secured schooling, they could not foresee what age group of children may move to an area. "I would say to you please, wherever you are going to move, particularly to those developing areas, to give advance notice to the schools."
Ms Hanafin was speaking after parents who have moved to Newbridge, Co Kildare, were told there was no more room in many of the town's schools. Even temporary accommodation, she said, required planning permission which could take six weeks.
It was anticipated that a new school would have been built in Newbridge by now and despite sanction given to the Catholic Church two years ago, it had not been built due to difficulties with the site. - (PA)