A 72-year-old man has denied a charge of impeding the prosecution of his son for dangerous driving causing death.

An air rifle was fired at the back of a customer’s head at a pub in Buttevant by a paranoid man who thought people were talking behind his back and yesterday the culprit was jailed for two years.

An air rifle was fired at the back of a publican’s head by a paranoid man who heard voices and believed people were talking about him behind his back.

Two men who stole over €123,000 in life savings from a pensioner were caught “drinking their way through the money” the very next day.