A round-up of today's other regional news stories in brief
Lough Swilly to get new rescue craft
Donegal's Lough Swilly is to receive a new design of rescue craft which is said to be the most "technologically advanced" yet produced by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, writes Lorna Siggins,Marine Correspondent.
The B Class Atlantic 85 is an inshore craft which can reach speeds of up to 35 knots - compared to 32 knots for its predecessor. The 8.3m vessel is fitted with a radar system to aid search and rescue operations, particularly in low visibility conditions.
Bangor and Kilkeel lifeboat stations are the only other RNLI bases to have this model to date.
The €200,000 craft is named Minnie and Ernest George Barry, and is funded from a legacy left by Mrs Barry. Originally from Pinner, Middlesex, England, she died 10 years ago; her only known Irish connection is that her husband's grandfather was from Dublin.
Lough Swilly lifeboat operations manager Liam Magee said the crew was thrilled that its station should have been picked as the first in the Republic to be allocated the new design.
Greystones marina deal is denied
An Bord Pleanála has said speculation that it has agreed a deal with Wicklow County Council over the building of a housing and marina development at Greystones is incorrect.
The board said it was aware of reports in Co Wicklow that suggested it had agreed a deal with the Sispar consortium which would give the green light to the controversial project.
However, a spokesman repeated the assertion that the reports were inaccurate and said a decision would be announced in about two or three weeks.
The Greystones Protection and Development Association, which has opposed the scheme, had said it had been told a deal had been completed.
Further remand in Galway rape case
A 23-year-old man was further remanded in custody yesterday charged with raping a woman in Connemara, Co Galway, last weekend.
The East European man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Galway District Court yesterday, charged with raping the woman, who is in her 20s, last Saturday.
The accused appeared at a special court sitting in Limerick on Saturday and was remanded in custody to appear before Galway District Court yesterday.
Insp John Galvin objected to an application for bail.
Judge Aeneus McCarthy refused the bail application and remanded him in custody to appear before Harristown Remand Court, Castlerea, on Friday.
Youth held after stabbing incident
A man in his 30s was seriously injured after he was stabbed in the head on Sunday. The incident occurred on the main street of Duleek, Co Meath, at 10.45pm.
A Garda spokesman said: "A man in his 30s received a stab wound to his head following an altercation with another man. The injured party was removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and then to Beaumont Hospital, where his condition is described as serious."
A 17-year-old youth was arrested after the incident and is being questioned at Navan Garda station.