The Tánaiste says the strongest possible message of protest will be delivered to the Mauritian Government over the publication of photo’s from the scene of Michaela McAreavey’s murder.
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/> Our ambassador to the island will visit there within days and register a protest with the Foreign Minister.

Brendan McMahon will demand a re-examination of the murder case as well as registering protest at the publication of the photographs in a Mauritian newspaper.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore also isn’t ruling out sending Gardai to Mauritius to investigate the murder:

A burglar who sexually assaulted a woman in her daughter’s bedroom and punched her until she played dead has been jailed for 7 and a half years
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/> Lithuanian Andrius Pranaitis of Dromin Road, Nenagh pleaded guilty to attempted oral rape, aggravated sexual assault and burglary in Co. Tipperary on August 14th, last year.

Newstalk’s Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:

/> A 28-year-old Dublin woman has been sentenced to three years in jail for sexually exploiting her four year old daughter by filming her with a mobile phone.
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/> She also pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the girl on March 12th, 2010.

The judge suspeneded all but 16 months of the sentence.

Gardai say she was so drunk she didn’t remember what she had done and visibly gagged when she was shown the footage.

Her daughter is now in care.

The Health Minister says resolving issues of overtime , sick pay and the use of agency workers will help to reign in the overspend by the Department of Health.
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/> The troika warned the Government last week that a 280 million euro overspend must be addressed urgently.

Minister James Reilly’s told Shannonside that the prescription of generic drugs will also shave costs.

While he wants to see further changes in the way consultants work.

There’s been further heavy fighting in the Syrian capital Damascus in what rebels say could be a turning point in the uprising.
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/> The violence in the capital is described as the worst in the 16-month conflict.

Activists say government forces are unable to control the situation after two days of heavy fighting.