A member of an Eastern European gang that robbed high-end fashion wear and thousands of euro worth of expensive perfumes in night- time raids in Munster was yesterday jailed for five and a half years.

A historic pharmacy that served passengers on board the great ocean liners which called to Cobh in Co Cork at the turn of the 20th century has stepped back in time to commemorate the sinking of Titanic.

SPORTS Minister Martin Cullen has said an undeclared payment made to him by a business in his constituency was above board.