Police investigating the alleged sexual abuse of young girls by the former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said last night they were pursuing over 400 lines of inquiry involving some 300 victims.

Pressure on the BBC grew last night as Nick Clegg, the deputy British prime minister said people in the corporation, and maybe even the police, must have known that Jimmy Savile had been abusing young girls.

THE summer heat brought around 40,000 visitors to one of the country’s biggest home and garden shows — but it was the freezing winter which concerned many gardening enthusiasts.

ONE of the country’s biggest garden exhibitions will be held at Cork Racecourse, Mallow, at the weekend.

GARVEY’s SuperValu in Castleisland, Co Kerry has been awarded the SuperValu of the Year national title for 2007.

A former music mistress at a top private school in the North escaped jail today when she was sentenced on six charges of indecently assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

A THIRD of parents do not know or care how their teenagers spend their lunch money.

THE unbridled joy of having a Cheltenham winner was celebrated in a Kerry village over the weekend.

Gardai in Rathmines are appealing for witnesses in a suspicious death case to come forward.