A district judge said it was dangerous and downright stupid for a radio station to fuel a 67-year-old learner driver’s belief that the Road Safety Authority had a conspiracy against him.

He said he was afraid his son would walk home on a dangerous, rural road after his wife could not pick the child up.

Following a very recent ‘sale agreed’ on the 19th century seven-bed Tralee area guesthouse Glenduff House, on 6.7 acres for c €500,00 via agents DNG Stack, comes another guest and bar business — with an even longer pedigree.

Spacious and well located near the Dunmore Road in Waterford, No 25 The Brambles is a bit different from the standard house of its size. 

It is the picture that tells a thousand words. The relief and anguish is written all over his face as he clutches his tiny son to his chest.

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

Size: 325 sq m (3,500 sq ft)

CORK 6-16 UL 0-7

An Irish father who lost three of his four children in a car crash in Denmark last summer has described the €1,340 fine handed down to their killer as “somewhat light” given the consequences of his actions.

Ballyboden St Enda’s advanced to the to the Dublin SFC quarter-finals following a controversial win over Kilmacud Crokes on Saturday.

Kilmallock 0-18 Knockainey 0-03

Kildare 1-12 Longford 0-12

Wexford 0-16 Westmeath 4-12, Wexford Park

Labour Party chairman Colm Keaveney has hit back at attempts by the party leadership to oust him from his position, following his vote against the budget, saying he will not engage in their “silly games”.

Labour will this weekend pay tribute to its councillors and party members who ignored corrupt bribes during the 1980s and 1990s and which were exposed by the Mahon Tribunal.

Tipperary boss John Evans believes rookie referee Brian O’Shea was out of his depth in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 3 clash against Wexford.

Wexford handed Tipperary a 15-point mauling in this Allianz Division 3 NFL ame at Wexford Park yesterday.

Carlow senior midfielder Darragh Foley turned in a man-of-the-match performance as they knocked Wicklow out of the Leinster U21FC for a second successive year under lights at Baltinglass last night.

CHAMPIONS St. Brendan’s, Killarney had little difficulty beating Intermediate School Killorglin in a disappointing Corn Ui Mhuiri quarter-final at Listry yesterday.

THE Labour Party has decided to run two candidates in Waterford for the first time in 42 years, despite the imminent retirement of one of its most experienced TDs.

AN outgoing Labour politician, who yesterday became the 27th retiring member of the current Dáil, believes his party could win seats numbering in the “mid to high 50s” in the next general election.

A FORMER mayor of Waterford has declared his intention to become the constituency’s first independent TD at the next election.

CHAMPIONS St. Brendan’s, Killarney reached the knockout stages of the Corn Uí Mhuirí with a comfortable victory over St. Fachtna’s at Cloughduv yesterday.

A PRIME Dublin 4 address and some redbrick charm are on offer at an attractive two-bed house at 13 Dodder View Cottages in Ballsbridge.

DID you happen to see the Heineken Cup final (albeit on Sky)? There was a defining moment in the second half.

DUBLIN chairman Gerry Harrington last night described as “absolutely unbelievable” the omission of referees from the capital on the list of officials for this year’s senior championships.

BUS ÉIREANN has defended a decision to axe a Cork to Waterford service despite claims from two TDs the company was legally obliged to maintain it.

MILITARY prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against a naval officer over allegations of leaking top-secret information on patrol vessel movement to drug importers.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD African girl has been saved from an African orphanage after a DNA test proved her mother’s story that her father was an Irish soldier on UN duty in Eritrea.

Work is under way to bring small-scale production of Waterford Crystal back to its birthplace as the company’s former flagship factory goes up for sale.

CHILDREN and adults with embarrassing and irritating skin conditions that affect quality of life, interpersonal relationships and job prospects face substantial waits for treatment because of a shortage of specialists.

ALMOST 400 people were last night resigned to joining ever-increasing dole queuesas two factories laid off staff because of Ireland’s spiralling costs.

Down 0-9 Mayo 2-9

UP TO 300 people have signed a petition demanding Bus Éireann retain a service between towns in north Cork and west Waterford.

Workers at a long-standing manufacturing plant in the south-east today became the latest casualties of the collapsing labour market, now at its worst level for 12 years.

CHAD may rank among the most hostile missions Irish troops have ever embarked on, but it is no place for soccer or volleyball.

RAPE victims waiting years for their cases to be tried in court are having to deal with the added trauma of having them postponed at the last minute, Labour’s Brian O’Shea has claimed.

About one third of all bomb disposal call-outs are to examine a hoax device, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea said tonight.

A JAUNDICED, perhaps jaded, or merely insightful Irish town planner once remarked that Irish house hunters were easily pleased.

FIANNA FÁIL TD Mattie McGrath last night was cleared of any criminal involvement in a row in his home village more than two years ago when a jury found him not guilty of all three charges against him.

WATERFORD is to get a new standalone family court in an effort to deal with a growing backlog of cases and free up the main courthouse for criminal and civil cases.

LABOUR TD Brian O’Shea has accused the education minister and the enterprise minister of neglecting the south-east’s growing unemployment programme.

THE €800,000-plus paid to TDs and senators for teaching jobs they have not worked in over the past decade has been described by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe as not significant.