Togher AC’s Rob Heffernan was named as the Athlete of the Year at the National Athletics Awards in association with Woodie’s DIY and Tipperary Crystal on Saturday night.

David Coleman begins Bullyproof, a new three-part series dealing with the topical issue of bullying, Tuesday on RTÉ One at 10.15pm.

An "absolute menace" who stole from the hospital room of an elderly cancer patient has been given a suspended sentence on strict conditions by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.