Gardaí spotted that a suspected drink driver had stopped his car on the slow lane of the Mallow Rd in Cork but on seeing the guards the motorist took off at speed across the hard shoulder and up on to the grass embankment.

The driver of a bus which hit and killed five people outside the Clarence Hotel in Dublin city centre three years ago was supposed to be on a day off but was doing overtime to pay for his daughter to go on holiday.

TWO women were among five gardaí decorated with Scott Medals for Bravery at Templemore yesterday.