Three housemates are facing trial after they allegedly cut more than €17,000 of “live” electrical cable from an ESB power pylon in Co Kildare.

A Clondalkin man who left a clamper with severe neurological damage after he struck his head with a lump hammer has been sentenced to 10 years with the final three suspended.

HE WAS one of the heroes in red in the Camp Nou in Barcelona on the unforgettable night of May 24, 1999 when Manchester United staged football’s most famous late, late show to lift the European Cup.