A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Diver held on charges of intimidation
A man acquitted this week of murdering his wife has been remanded in relation to charges of intimidation. John Diver (65) was remanded in custody yesterday at Cloverhill District Court, Dublin. He will appear again in court in two weeks.
Mr Diver, Kilnamanagh Road, Walkinstown, Dublin, was acquitted at the Central Criminal Court last Wednesday of murdering of his wife, Geraldine, in 1996.
Racist e-mails case adjourned
A man diagnosed with schizophrenia, who sent 22 racist e-mails to members of the Jewish community, was suffering from paranoid delusions possibly caused by knocks to the head following a succession of falls, Drogheda District Court heard yesterday.
Judge Flann Brennan adjourned proceedings in relation to the abusive e-mails until January 12th when he will consider an updated probation report. He stipulated the man continue with psychological treatment.
In May and June last year, David Hughes (41), Fair Street, Drogheda, Co Louth, sent racist e-mails, spray- painted swastikas on Dublin synagogues and twice defaced the Irish-Jewish museum in Dublin with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Hughes has previously pleaded guilty to sending the abusive e-mails.
At Cloverhill District Court last September, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison for criminal damage to four Dublin synagogues. He was released three months later on bail and will appeal the conviction before Dublin Central Criminal Court.
On February 3rd at Balbriggan District Court, Hughes was placed on six months probation for twice vandalising the Irish-Jewish museum.
Alison Brennan, his solicitor, said her client's epilepsy had resulted in a number of knocks to the head after a succession of falls. His epilepsy was diagnosed just before his abusive behaviour towards members of the Jewish community began. Some of the psychological reports suggested a a link between the two, she told the court.
Ms Brennan said he was making strenuous efforts to get well.
Appeal against IRA conviction lost
A Northern Ireland man has lost his appeal against his conviction for membership of an illegal organisation following a Garda operation directed against the Continuity IRA.
Éamonn Matthews (26), Killeen, Newry, Co Down, was sentenced to three years and nine months in December 2004 after being convicted by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of membership of the IRA on June 13th, 2003.
Man denies rape and sexual assault
A jury at the Central Criminal Court has been told that it has to decide whether sexual activity involving a man and a woman, which was witnessed by people from their house, was consensual or not.
A Dublin man (40) is charged with oral rape of a woman on a green park area near the accused's home. He has pleaded not guilty to orally raping and sexually assaulting the woman on November 1st, 2002.
After the woman made a formal complaint to gardaí of sexual assault, the accused was identified from CCTV security footage at Connolly Station and at the North Star Hotel , Amiens Street.
The hearing continues on Monday before Mr Justice Philip O'Sullivan and a jury.