A breakthrough into the US market for Dublin-based stove fan manufacturer IQ Design, has been triggered by a US distributor’s realisation that winter is coming.

New charges were brought yesterday against four men arising out of an allegedly serious incident at a house in Bishopstown, Co Cork, on St Patrick’s Day where assaults were carried out and criminal damage caused.

Three men appeared in Cork District Court yesterday on assault and damage charges arising out of an allegedly serious incident at a house in Bishopstown on St Patrick’s Day.

A young man sustained a serious brain injury and also suffered a broken leg on a Christmas morning after being tossed into the air in an impact caused by a drink driver.