THE DECLAN BOGUE INTERVIEW: Twenty-five years ago, Pete McGrath led Down to their fifth and his second All-Ireland title. A year of rifts and bridge building; of violence and sorrow, of one magnificent match, and of vindication.

After being slashed on the forehead with a knife an 80-year-old retired taximan, recovering from heart by-pass surgery, took on his attacker knocking him to the ground, a court heard.

A young Dublin man who "terrified" staff and patrons at a pub with a gun because he was refused entry has been sentenced to nine years in jail with two suspended.