Cllr Alan Lawes' adult daughter was alone in the house and was left unhurt but badly shaken when she heard the crash of breaking glass at her home in Johnstown, Co Meath around 10pm.

Records released under freedom of information laws suggest that drugs are regularly being openly abused on train services, with children even observed smoking cannabis on the Dart in January of last year.

'A woman had three e-scooters pass her back again, throw water over her'

A €70,000 fund has been set aside for implementing ideas from businesses, universities or organisations to tackle graffiti in the city centre.