A violent mob wearing balaclavas led by a 58-year-old grandmother tried to stop gardaí taking possession of a car involved in a high-speed incident in Rathkeale, a court has heard.

A crowd led by a mother of 17 and two of her sons repelled two gardaí as they tried to seize a powerful car in which five balaclava-clad men were travelling, a court has heard.

Having been forced to hang up his rugby boots, due to a recurring injury last year, Ireland and Munster’s Denis Leamy closed the book on a fabulous trophy-winning career.

Dan MacCarthy meets a couple who have added to their farm income by embracing agri-tourism

TIPPERARY woman Anne McGrath was named the national Carer of the Year in a ceremony that blew away the gloom of recession, at least for a while.