A round-up of some other news reports.
Man held after body found in Co Cavan
A man is expected to appear at Monaghan District Court this morning where he will be charged in connection with the discovery of a body in Co Cavan early yesterday morning.
The body of a 54-year-old man was discovered in a house in Bailieboro. He had been stabbed. Arrangements were being made last night for the removal of the body for a postmortem.
Next phase of N18 under way shortly
The publication of the compulsory purchase order for the Gort to Crusheen bypass later this month will set in motion the next phase of the Galway to Limerick-Shannon dual carriageway.
With work already progressing on the construction of the Ennis bypass, motorists can expect an N18 dual carriageway journey from the edge of Gort to Limerick and Shannon by the summer of 2011.
Two held after ATM arrests
Gardaí at Store Street station in Dublin arrested two men last night in connection with ATM fraud in the city.
The two men, both in their 20s and foreign nationals, were arrested on O'Connell Street at 9.45pm.
A device used in carrying out frauds at ATM machines was seized. The two men were detained at Store Street Station under the provisions of section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act .
Knife used in Ballymena attack
Police in Ballymena are investigating a second violent attack inside a week.
A knife was used by a gang who set upon a 32-year-old man walking past Waveney Community Centre in the town's Doury Road estate about 1am on Saturday. He was punched and kicked by the three-man gang, and his clothes were slashed.
The attack came less than a week after a 36-year-old man was stabbed outside a filling station in Ballymena's North Road in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Search for missing Antrim man
Sniffer dogs are being used in the search for a father-of-two who has been missing from his home in Co Antrim since before Christmas. Ronald Todd (30) was last seen leaving the Maghaberry Arms pub in Maghaberry, Co Antrim, on December 21st. The evening of his disappearance his Land Rover was found ablaze.