A cross-party ban on Oireachtas members trying to influence judges has been urged by Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin as he refuses to give into demands to sack his justice spokesman, Niall Collins.

PRE-TAX profits at the company that operates the UTV-owned Limerick Live 95 radio station last year dropped by 15% to €895,680.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest at Limerick's Coroners Court this afternoon of a schoolboy killed when a goalpost fell on him.