A couple, both of whom claimed to have developed a mental adjustment disorder after their 12-year-old daughter’s arm was pricked by a pin in a hotel bed, have been awarded €18,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A crackdown got underway in Cork, Dublin and Bray today to encourage people to bin used chewing gum in an effort to clean up the country’s streets.

PAUL McCARTNEY kept the Russians waiting. Until the demise of the Soviet Union.