Barrister Pat Purcell told the Circuit Civil Court today that a door in The Old Schoolhouse Restaurant, Swords, had closed on Paula Buliauskite’s right hand, crushing her right middle and ring finger on her right hand.

This impressive property in Union Hall has served as a guesthouse and a family home, writes Tommy Barker

I SUFFER from a very rare condition: irony deficiency. For where my fellow citizens see merely a humorous irony I am often troubled