Shelbourne fans have plumped for cheaper deals with travel agents instead of flying with the budget airline Ryanair for the club’s Champions League showdown with Deportivo La Coruna, it emerged today.

Shelbourne are hoping to spring one of the biggest surprises in soccer history next week when the they Spanish giants Deportivo La Coruna in the final qualifying round of the Champions League.

HOUSEHOLDERS in Dublin’s northside want work on the port tunnel stopped after track subsidence occurred caused rail service chaos yesterday.

Rush-hour chaos on one of the busiest rail lines into Dublin was today blamed on the construction of a tunnel to the city’s port.