An 82-year-old man has been told he must keep away from his former “paramour”, a 73-year-old lady he is accused of harassing by email, phone, postcard, letter and by allegedly following her in shops.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a two-year-old girl and a 60-year-old woman were killed in separate road incidents yesterday.

A father and son are being treated in hospital in Co Kerry for stab wounds after they encountered an intruder at their home in Tralee.

A 29 year-old Polish man who was convicted of the manslaughter of his lover’s husband in Tralee a year ago will be sentenced on Friday.