The car jack was gradually losing height over a period of time due to a small oil leak within the mechanism. Frank Smith was crushed underneath.

An application by AIB for summary judgment of €6m against a woman who, with her late husband, acted as co-guarantors of loans used to acquire properties including a shopping centre has been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

BOGUS non-resident account holders were the biggest payers in the latest Revenue Commissioners name-and-shame list of tax defaulters which netted €43.1 million for the Exchequer.

A man and three friends died when they tried to rescue his fiancee who was dragged underwater as she waded in surf off a beach.