A round-up of today's other news stories in brief
Heroin worth €30,000 seized at Cork Airport
Heroin with a street value of €30,000 was seized at Cork Airport yesterday afternoon.
Fifteen capsules containing the drug were found after a 33-year-old Iranian man was stopped by customs officers. He was arrested by members of the Cork city divisional drugs unit but was subsequently transferred to Cork University Hospital for medical treatment.
Officers from Revenue's customs service seized the capsules after they passed through the passenger's digestive system.
"The man, who is in his 30s, had travelled on a flight from Amsterdam. He had ingested the drugs," said a customs spokesman.
"He is currently assisting gardaí with enquiries." Gardaí are investigating whether the man has an address in Ireland.
Woman dies in Donegal car crash
A woman in her 60s has died following a car crash at Moville, Co Donegal.
The victim was a passenger in a car which collided with another car in the townland of Claggan shortly before 3pm yesterday. The drivers of the two vehicles, believed to be two men, were taken to Letterkenny General Hospital. Gardaí at Buncrana are investigating.
Appeal for help over Cork stabbing
Gardaí in Cork have appealed to the public for assistance in tracking down two men who attacked and stabbed a man in the city over the weekend, leaving him with several wounds to the back.
Gardaí found the man lying on a green area in Killala Gardens in Knocknaheeny on the city's northside at about 11.50pm on Sunday after they received a phone call to alert them that a man had been injured.
The man, who is from the Knocknaheeny area, was rushed by ambulance to Cork University Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. His condition was yesterday described as "stable".
Injunction against oyster fisherman
A High Court judge has granted an injunction to Lough Swilly Shellfish Growers to stop a Co Donegal fisherman from fishing for oysters in the lough.
Mr Justice Frank Clarke granted the injunction after hearing that the growers' co-op was given an exclusive licence by the minister for the marine in 1994 to cultivate and harvest oysters and mussels in an area around Inch Island in Lough Swilly.
The growers' co-op claims that Danny Bradley, a fisherman of Drum Umricam, Buncrana, Co Donegal, has trespassed on the area and appears to be harvesting oysters in the area covered by the licence.
In his affidavit, Mr Bradley did not deny fishing in Lough Swilly on "The Rubicon" in early September. However, he denied removing any oysters belonging to the growers' co-op and said that the only oysters taken were "wild native oysters".
Mr Justice Clarke said the co-op had established a fair case to be tried.
Fire emergency on Belfast ferry
Life jackets were issued to passengers and crew after a a small engine room fire broke out on board a ferry sailing yesterday.
More than 600 people were on the Stena Voyager's 9.55am crossing from Stranraer to Belfast during the emergency.
Less than half of litter fines paid
Less than half of the on-the-spot litter fines issued last year were paid, according to figures released by Minister for the Environment John Gormley.
A total of 27,078 fines were issued last year but just 12,521 were paid, the Minister revealed in a parliamentary reply to Dublin Mid West Labour TD Joanna Tuffy.