A Louth man who killed a teenager in Dundalk over two years ago after he attacked, punched, and kicked the 18-year-old “like a rag doll”, bouncing his head off a road several times following an unprovoked altercation, has been sentenced to 16 years, with the final three suspended.

A man who killed a teen-ager over two years ago after he attacked, punched and kicked the 18-year-old “like a rag doll”, bouncing his head off a road several times following an unprovoked altercation, is to be sentenced on Friday.

A Louth man accused of murdering teenager Niall Dorr in Dundalk just over two years ago is to be sentenced in mid-December.

A third man who was being questioned in connection with a fatal attack in Co Louth has been released without charge from Garda custody.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of an 18-year-old Dundalk man believe there are people withholding information on the killing – including the motive – and have appealed for them to come forward.

Tests will be carried out today on the body of a teenager who died in hospital after a street brawl.

IRELAND’S relationship with the United States is such that it would be extremely difficult for the Government to take the “extraordinary step” of inspecting US flights through Shannon airport, a former top Irish diplomat said yesterday.

Two planes came within 300 feet of each other last week when a controller at Los Angeles International Airport mistakenly cleared three planes for the same runway.

In a victory for the US firearms industry, a federal jury cleared 45 handgun manufacturers and distributors of allegations that their marketing practices have stoked violence in black and Hispanic neighbourhoods.

The first-ever grounding of all flights in the United States will remain in effect until at least noon EDT Wednesday due to security concerns following Tuesday's hijackings of airliners that were then crashed into buildings, the Federal Aviation Administration said.