Kerry football legend turned dance star Aidan O’Mahony waltzed into a Cork hospital with garda colleagues yesterday with a special presentation to boost the spirits of children undergoing cancer treatment.

PRISON sentences of 12 years should be handed out to those convicted of “gratuitous assaults” on gardaí, according to the organisation which represents 11,600 frontline members of the force.

An arson attack on a shopping centre that caused over €1m worth of damage to six outlets resulted in the culprit who once worked in the centre being jailed for four years today.