A drug smuggler, who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote, has been given a suspended sentence.

A drugs smuggler who fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote has been given a chance to avoid a jail sentence.

The cinema gunman’s escape plan was thwarted by police officers who arrived almost immediately; a Dublin man fraudulently claimed almost €30,000 in benefits for three years when he was living in Lanzarote; Katie Taylor has responded to the views of Billy Joe Saunders who said women should not be boxing, but "are there for sex". Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.