An eight-year-old girl told gardaí she thought her “daddy was going to die” when he was assaulted by an armed gang during an aggravated burglary in the family home, a court heard yesterday.

Gardaí chasing a driver who caused the death of his friend in a high-speed crash minutes later had to slow down because of the dangerous speeds involved.

Four men have admitted being involved in an aggravated burglary while in possession of two guns and a machete at the rural home of a young family last year.

An application has been made at Clonmel Circuit court to have a trial involving Michael Lowry, who is accused of filing incorrect tax returns, to be moved to Dublin because of fears a jury in Tipperary may be biased.

A nun found a man sleeping in her bed at a convent, a court heard.

A man who attacked an army veteran with a samurai sword, leaving him partially paralysed and able to speak just four words, has been jailed for nine years.

An army veteran and voluntary worker has been left partially paralysed and almost without speech following an attack by a man who struck him on the head with a samurai sword during a row outside a pub, a court heard.

A judge has ordered that a psychological report be prepared on a 57-year-old Tipperary man who pleaded guilty to the attempted coercion of the former president of Muintir na Tíre, Martin Quinn.

A Garda was temporarily blinded after getting a kick in the face during disturbances at a Halloween bonfire, a court has heard.

THE Revenue is “not NAMA” and is not interested in taking ownership of properties in lieu of cash payments, a tax investigator told a court.

The mother of a boy who was blocked from attending a Co Tipperary school will take her appeal to the High Court today.

THE question of how schools should decide which children to enrol is to be set down by state regulations.

A County Tipperary school has today won an appeal against an Equality Tribunal ruling that it discriminated against Travellers in its admissions policy.

Judgement in the case of an appeal by a Clonmel school to a ruling made by the Equality Tribunal on their admissions policy has been adjourned until the end of the month.

A court in Tipperary will today rule on an appeal from a Clonmel school seeking to overturn a ruling made by the Equality Tribunal on their admissions policy.

A FIANNA Fáil TD’s son was hit three times with a bottle after he went to help his father during incidents near a pub more than two years ago, Clonmel Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A FIANNA Fáil TD was “obviously drunk” on the night of a serious row outside a pub over two years ago, a criminal trial has heard.

A 26-YEAR-OLD who drank 12 or 13 pints of cider said he head-butted 14-year-old Brian Rossiter, kicked him in the head and gave him an upper cut into the jaw, all because he made a comment about his brother.

Niall Murray and John Breslin talk to former St Joseph’s students who believe Robert Howard could have been abused.

THE Children’s Ombudsman wants the power to investigate allegations of mistreatment of juveniles in garda custody.

The family of a 21-year-old sailor who drowned after he was thrown overboard the navy flagship, the L.E. Eithne reacted with disbelief today when his killer was jailed for five years.