MICHAEL COLLINS would have been “disgusted” at the manner in which the Garda Síochána’s reputation has been sullied by the criminal behaviour of certain gardaí in Donegal, Fine Gael Senator and MEP Jim Higgins said yesterday.

THE organisers of the annual Michael Collins commemoration have appealed to souvenir hunters not to steal signposts directing them to the ambush site where he was killed.

Cork County Council has been forced to buy a set of new signposts for a Michael Collins memorial after souvenir hunters stole the old ones, it emerged today.

ANGRY farmers claim they are facing a difficult silage season because of detours caused by height restriction barriers at an old bridge.

FINE Gael’s recent promotional leaflet, emanating from Cllr Frank Metcalfe, contained the absurd assertion that Michael Collins was assassinated at Béal na Bláth.