State prosecutors want him jailed for seven and a half years if he is found guilty of the sex attack and a separate drugs offence.

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Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin will also attend the gathering over the weekend

Four other people involved in the incident were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Under post-Brexit trading rules, aspects of EU law still apply in Northern Ireland

The widower, now 84, was attacked with a claw hammer and stabbed multiple times

After two days of intense talks, a settlement was announced at the High Court on Thursday

The collision involved a works vehicle and a car, with the impact of the crash causing the car to mount the footpath on Main Street

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said the settlement offered by the UK Treasury did not go far enough to put the Nirth on a stable financial footing

The car had been parked outside Bridewell Garda station while its owner was on duty

The exit package has been widely criticised, with Tánaiste Micheál Martin saying it should be ‘reassessed’

Michael King (53) had his sentence reduced by 15 months following an appeal

The court heard Buti Sashi (27) has 19 previous convictions, which included multiple offences “of a similar nature against similar victims”

Marian Calderas (39) was working at Key Waste Management on January 24th last year when his colleagues noticed he was drunk

Callum Grimes died from injuries he suffered after being knocked down in Skerries in December 2016

Mr Schrems is an Austrian lawyer and activist with the privacy rights organisation NOYB (none of your business)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), used to measure inflation, monitors changes in prices of a selection of commonly purchases household goods and services from one period to the next

The judge found a planned roofed courtyard did not constitute the required 'open space'

Tánaiste Micheál Martin said he would like to see changes to the Stormont system

Micheál Martin said the aid agency’s work was vital for Palestinians