A Cork woman was thrown down the stairs by her “perfectionist” husband after she cooked his pork chops in the oven instead of frying them.

A forensic scientist who examined a clump of hair concluded that it had been pulled from a woman’s head, the jury heard yesterday in the trial of a man who denies assault causing serious harm to his wife at the family home.

The jury in a serious assault trial has been told a woman suffered a stroke, brain injury, and various broken bones after being assaulted by her husband in the family home.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own. Today, and every Tuesday, he will be acting as referee on your opinions on the Premiership. Let him know what you think and he’ll argue the toss with you.

CLERGY and gardaí in West Limerick last night appealed to the mother of a newborn baby, whose body was discovered in a rubbish skip, to come forward and seek medical help.