An expert in criminology said the implication that gardai need new powers to search for knives is unfounded.

The victims were sitting on the footpath outside the Belvedere Hotel in Dublin City Centre when they were approached by O'Connor and her co-accused

The rapist began choking the victim while she was holding an eight-month-old baby in her arms

A member of the public contacted gardaí after they spotted a naked man carrying a knife as he walked his dog along a road in Cork, the district court in the city has heard