BEATING Shannon in the AIB League was a welcome first for Dolphin as they preserved their unbeaten home record at Musgrave Park yesterday and jumped into contention for a top four place.

JUST a couple of weeks ago, Munster’s second string side went to Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast and crushed a weakened Ulster opposition.

Two men who defrauded Ulster Bank of over £1m (€1.26m) by lodging fictitious invoices with the bank to keep a business afloat have escaped jail at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two businessmen who defrauded Ulster Bank of over £1m (€1.27m) to keep their business afloat are due to be sentenced on June 14 next by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.