DEAN DOWNING (Britain Rapha Condor Sharp) claimed the first An Post Rás raceleader’s yellow jersey when he edged out Sam Bennett(Belgium An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) in a ferocious bunch sprint into Portumna yesterday.

A man who defrauded 12 potential tenants of almost €30,000 in a South Dublin apartment scam has today been given a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Buyers from the Republic are flocking north of the border to buy new and second-hand cars.