More court reports in brief.
Sex assault trial hears legal argument
The trial of a Clare man accused of sexually assaulting his two daughters has continued with legal matters in the absence of the jury which has been asked to return to court next Tuesday.
The 36-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of sexual assault on the girls, on dates between September 2001 and December 2004 in a Co Offaly town.
The hearing continues at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Desmond Hogan.
Rape, robbery jury discharged
The jury in the trial of two west Dublin men charged with raping and robbing women last year has been discharged by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court.
Mr Justice White told the jury, which had been sworn in last Monday, that he had made his decision following legal submissions by counsel for the prosecution and defence in its absence.
He said it would be necessary now to prepare a new indictment and swear in a new jury next Tuesday to try the allegations against the accused.
Ruling reserved in IRA case
The presence of military instruction manuals found in the bedroom of a man accused of IRA membership should be viewed as "very, very normal" and nothing more than a young man's passing interest, the Special Criminal Court heard yesterday.
Mark Doran (27), of Poachers Lock, Leighlinbridge, Carlow, denies IRA membership on October 26th, 2006.
Closing for the defence Michael O'Kelly SC said there was an innocent explanation for the military instruction manuals and army clothing found in Mr Doran's bedroom.
Mr Justice John MacMenamin, presiding at the three-judge court, reserved judgment until a later date.
'Love Ulster' rioter jailed
A man involved in the "Love Ulster" riot last year has been given a four-year sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for assaulting two Chinese shop workers.
Thomas Morley (26) pleaded guilty to assaulting Bo Hu and Ze Wang at Westland Row, causing them harm. He also pleaded guilty to violent disorder at O'Connell Street on the same occasion.
Judge Katherine Delahunt suspended the final 18 months of the sentence.
Garda Fergal O'Flaherty testified that Morley had been captured on the media and CCTV footage confronting and throwing items at gardaí on O'Connell Street while wearing an Irish flag tied around his waist, and also breaking car windows as the riot moved down Nassau Street.