A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Sentence for hurley attack is increased
A young Limerick man who instantly and permanently blinded another man after hitting him a "vicious blow" with a hurley has had his three-year sentence increased to five years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Darren Frahill (19), of Cosgrave Park, Moyross, Limerick, had pleaded guilty before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court in June last year to assaulting David Sheehan (20), causing him serious harm on January 11th, 2003 at West Singland Road, Garryowen, Limerick.
The trial was told Frahill hit Mr Sheehan with the hurley after he saw that Mr Sheehan was getting the better of a friend of Frahill's in a consensual fist fight.
Mr Sheehan had both his eyeballs lacerated and suffered severe psychological trauma as a result of the assault.
SF candidate for Mayo chosen
Sinn Féin has selected Charlestown-based councillor Gerry Murray as a general election candidate for the five-seater Mayo constituency.
Cllr Murray was unopposed at the party's convention in Swinford following the withdrawal from the nomination race of Noel Campbell a member of Castlebar Town Council.
After his nomination at the convention, which was chaired by Caitríona Ruane, MLA member for South Down, Cllr Murray stressed the need for a radical departure from the right-wing policies of the Coalition parties and Fine Gael.
Historic Cork homes damaged
Residents of one of Cork's oldest and most historic communities were being put up in hotels yesterday after severe vibrations damaged their homes and made them structurally unsafe.
Fire crews evacuated 34 houses at Corporation Buildings in the city centre on Saturday afternoon after they received reports of falling masonry.
Seven residents were still staying in hotels near Cork city centre yesterday.
Cork City Council engineers are continuing their detailed examinations of the houses to establish what caused the vibrations and to determine the damage caused in the incident.
The majority of the residents were able to return to their homes yesterday, but seven people living in houses closest to a wall remained in nearby hotels waiting on updates from Cork City Council.
Residents insist that the building work on a major retail development nearby has damaged their homes. The investigation into these claims continued yesterday.
Corporation Buildings is over 100-years-old.
The vibrations started early Saturday in a wall adjacent to houses in the buildings.
Emergency crews were called at 3.30pm on Saturday after the wall appeared to tilt, causing structural damage to several of the houses.
GMIT gets €1.22m funding boost
The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) has received a funding boost of €1.22 million from Enterprise Ireland towards the establishment of a medical technologies centre.
The grant to the Galway Medical Devices Centre, will fund a three-year project aimed at establishing an engineering centre of excellence for invasive medical devices.