Today's other stories in brief
Four shots fired into car, trial told
The jury in the trial of a man accused of a fatal shooting on the Clontarf Road in 2005 has heard that four shots were fired into the passenger window of a vehicle which had tinted windows.
Garda Colm Mac Donnacha, who was one of the first gardaí on the scene of the shooting, told the Central Criminal Court that a Ford Mondeo was abandoned in the middle of the road with the driver's door lying open. The lights were on and the key was in the ignition, but the engine was not running.
He looked through the driver's door and saw a male slumped backwards in the front passenger seat. He also noticed four bullet holes in the passenger window. There was no sign of the driver.
Craig White (23), O'Devaney Gardens in north inner city Dublin, denies murdering Noel Roche (27) on November 15th, 2005.
Accused denies rape and burglary
A fingerprint expert has told the jury in the case of a Dublin man accused of twice breaking into the home of his ex-girlfriend and raping her that the accused man's fingerprint was found on a window frame inside her home.
The 19-year-old Dublin man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to counts of raping the woman and burglary with a knife on dates in April and May 2008.
The trial continues on Monday before Mr Justice Barry White and a jury of four men and eight women.
Boy tried to free girls from facility
A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court for trying to orchestrate a break-out for two girls being held in secure care facility for troubled teens. The boy was charged at the Children's Court with trespassing and criminal damage at the Ballydowd Special Care Unit in west Dublin on June 28th.
Judge Ann Ryan remanded the boy, who is residing in a different, non-secure residential care home, on bail to appear later this month when his co-defendants are due in court.
Teenager gets suspended term
Dublin teenager who stole items with a value of €10,000 from a number of homes in the same housing estate over one Christmas period has been given a two-year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Daniel Cogley (19), Mooretown Park, Swords Co Dublin pleaded guilty to trespassing and theft at six different addresses at Oaklands Avenue, also in Swords, in December 2006.
Judge Martin Nolan suspended the sentence on condition that Cogley enter into a good behaviour bond for two years.
Jail for man who was drying cocaine
A man who was "drying out" cocaine valued at more than €60,000 in his shower has been given a six-year sentence by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Timothy Cooke (49) pleaded guilty to the offence on the second day of his trial last March but failed some weeks later to change his plea back to not guilty. The judge said taking into account Cooke's age, personal circumstances and lack of previous convictions, he felt the mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in jail would be unjust.
He imposed a six-year sentence with the final two years suspended and ordered the destruction of the drugs.