The new unit is designed to teach inmates the skills needed to work with horses in a professional setting.

The Horses for Hope programme has been running for the last number of months at the Roscommon jail.

Thomas Sweeny received disfiguring facial scaring following the attack in 2019.

A local Garda says the lack of officers to tackle crime outside of the capital is worrying.

The Australian engineer was part of a contract to build the bank's new headquarters in the country's capital city.

A judge described the images as some of the worst she had ever encountered.

Anthony Shally says the official launch of the project will take place later this year.