The 33-year-old Midlands man, who can't be named to protect the anonymity of the child, was confronted by his new girlfriend in August 2024 when she found two videos of the man abusing his daughter on an old phone of his, the Central Criminal Court heard.

It emerged in the hearing at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court that the young woman felt compelled to have an abortion after the man threatened to 'kick the child out of you'.

An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council imposed the sanction on the teacher after a fitness-to-teach inquiry found that he had been convicted by a Circuit Court of an offence triable on indictment, which also impacted on his fitness to teach.

It has now emerged that a second ransomware attack took place last February

The operations were carried out in Dublin, the Midlands, Wicklow, Monaghan and Rosslare Europort.

The sentence hearing for a pilot of a light aircraft who flew €8.4 million of cocaine into the Midlands from France in 2022 has been moved back until December

The cocaine was discovered concealed in boxes described as ‘Engraved Leather Organiser’ and ‘Yoga Wear’.

Independent Ireland TD Michael Fitzmaurice confirmed that Mr Mullooly would be standing as the party's candidate in the Midlands Northwest constituency.