Two criminals, both with long lists of previous convictions, ignored pleas for help from a dying man’s sister as they fled from his home which they had just burgled. They have now been jailed, but could be due for release within 16 months.

A man told gardaí “I really am sorry for the death of that man” after he was charged with a burglary at a house in Co Limerick where a 62-year-old man died after discovering intruders at his home.

YOU just start to feel extra good about yourself when you head out the peninsula: that’s what estate agent Elaine O’Donovan says of the Kilcrohane/Ahakista/Sheep’s Head run where the sea becomes your constant companion along the west Cork roadway.