A woman has been found guilty of murdering a 63-year-old man who was subjected to a “protracted torturing and killing”.

A brother and sister murdered an elderly man in an attempt to cover up a robbery, the Central Criminal Court in Dublin has heard.

Singer-turned-hero Damien Dempsey didn’t make a song and dance yesterday about the summer day he saved a swimmer’s life. The Dublin native waded into the River Slaney in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, and helped pluck a drowning man to safety.