When it was announced in 2012 that Clive Dunn of Dad’s Army television fame had died, it struck a note with former top showband singer Tommy Drennan.

For those who no longer believe religion is the opiate of the masses, an argument to the contrary could be made in one Co Louth parish.

YESTERDAY a Nigerian, who has been charged with trying to sleep naked in a crib in the Redemptorist Church in Limerick on December 29, was remanded to prison following an assault in a hotel where he was accommodated by the State.

A HIGH Court judge has invited lawyers for a disturbed homeless man to sue the State for alleged breaches of his human rights over his treatment after being charged with public order offences arising from his allegedly trying to sleep in a crib in a church.