AFTER Munster rugby basked in glory through torrential rain in Limerick last Saturday, it was if the people of Moyross, Southill and Ballinacurra Weston took that as an omen yesterday.

THE driver of a Garda patrol car put his life on the line yesterday to protect a mother and baby during a 40km high-speed chase through Co Cork in which dozens of motorists were forced off the road, Garda cars were rammed and speeds in excess of 160km/h were reached.