Bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn, his son Sean and nephew Peter Darragh Quinn have avoided jail for contempt of court after hiding a €500m property portfolio from the former Anglo-Irish Bank.

Two men were finally jailed today for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence nearly 19 years ago.

THE increasingly loud cries of a young infant were allowed to ring in Court 16 of the Four Courts yesterday as a judge listened to pleadings by the baby’s father to prevent the family home in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, from being repossessed.

One of Ireland’s most notorious criminals, John Gilligan, today lost a High Court fight to keep control of his properties.