A domestic dispute spiralled “out of control” leading to a woman repeatedly ramming her boyfriend’s car, with him jumping onto the bonnet of the moving vehicle to avoid serious injury.

A judge yesterday rejected a defence claim that a major Garda operation in Limerick in which gardaí posed as prostitutes was entrapment.

A 15-year-old boy, who stole a minibus from an old folks’ day centre, which had a massive impact on the lives of 75 elderly people, has been remanded in custody pending sentence.