Youths aged 13 down to eight were engaged in a riot during which they burned down a barn owned by former Limerick hurler, Jimmy Carroll, a judge was told.

An 89-year-old sister-in-law of the late well-known Limerick solicitor, Gordon Holmes, is distressed over her son-in-law taking her to court in a dispute over a property in the holiday resort of Kilkee.

A bank yesterday sought to repossess the luxury family home of one of the country’s best-known hoteliers, who became broke in the property crash.