A distraught father told a court yesterday that he has changed addresses five times in the past year and a half to protect himself from his son.

A mother who used her five-year-old to steal two baskets of clothes from Penneys had a jail term overturned yesterday.

The district court judge who witnessed a man exposing himself in front of him in court is not to be called to give evidence in the case.

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A man with a serious drinking problem who took a car from a garage forecourt without permission for “a test drive” was caught less than 90 minutes later having crashed it multiple times.

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A judge yesterday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one of the stars of RTÉ’s Bressie’s Teenage Kicks.

One of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has been attacked at his home in Clare by two men, with one wielding a machete.

A teenager was accused of breathtaking arrogance, ignorance, and a lack of human feeling by a judge over parking his car across two disabled spaces.

One of the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has been cleared of a weapons offence after a judge ruled the alleged offence did not take place in a public place.

The body of a homeless double leg amputee has been recovered from the grounds of a golf club.

A UK Independence Party Euro MP has been rebuked for complaining about the provision of taxpayer-funded aid to “bongo bongo land”.

Lansdowne are back on top of the Ulster Bank League following a bonus-point victory over Dolphin at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Ballynahinch failed to win for the first time in this season’s Ulster Bank League, but they fought back well to draw with Malone and stay top of Division 1B.

Lindsay Lohan wants therapy but can’t afford it.

Prosecutors want Lindsay Lohan to serve 245 days in prison.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife Maria Shriver was criticised by her mother for trying to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003 – a confrontation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.

Five men who preyed on “vulnerable” teenage girls for sex have today been found guilty of paying for the sexual services of a child.

Former media mogul Conrad Black arrived at his sprawling Canadian estate today just hours after being released from a US prison.

A series of events in Cork this weekend marks the centenary of innovative composer John Cage, Don O’Mahony reports

LEINSTER eased into the British & Irish Cup semi-finals at a canter at Donnybrook yesterday.

WILL Gaga turn in up her birthday suit or a dress made of meat? Will Bieber answer those claims about an illegitimate love child? Will Coldplay’s Chris Martin manage not to bore the socks off everyone?

A CLARE man had his ear almost severed in an alleged hatchet attack by his brother in Shannon on Wednesday night, a court heard.

VANTAGE points were at a premium in Co Kerry as thousands of golf fans lined the fairways to cheer the homegrown heroes who have turned the island into one of the game’s more unlikely superpowers.

Vantage points were at top premium in Co Kerry as thousands of golf fans lined the fairways to cheer the homegrown heroes who have turned the island into one of the game’s more unlikely superpowers.

LOOK up ‘amateur’ in a dictionary and you’ll see words such as non-specialist, layman and even dilettante.

Golfing hero Darren Clarke returned home today to deliver the game’s biggest prize to his two sons – the Open Championship trophy.

IT WAS a chilly, windy morning for the third round of the Irish Close Championship at Tramore in 1987.

PETER LAWRIE celebrated his father-in-law’s 60th birthday by grabbing a share of second place on the opening day of the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco.

A WOMAN who was jailed for three years earlier this week for dousing petrol over an 18-month-old girl appeared in court concerning a further five charges.

WELCOME to 2008: a time to re-evaluate menus and reorganise vegetable shops.

Iran probably released the 15 British Navy personnel because it realised it could make no further political capital from holding them, a military expert said.

IF YOU get mugged in Naples, don’t fight back.

An American tourist was beaten by an angry mob in the streets of the southern Italian city of Naples after he chased down two men who had just stolen his camera, police said today.

X-Factor winner Shayne Ward will today launch his bid to take the Christmas Number One slot with a live performance of the single in his home city of Manchester.

FURIOUS would be a totally unsuitable adjective to describe Darren Clarke’s mindset after his staggering sextuplet bogey 11 at the infamous 17th hole.

DARREN Clarke has admitted defeat in his bid to join Padraig Harrington as Ireland’s representatives in the World Cup in Seville on November 18-21.

THOUSANDS of young hopefuls are expected to grind, groove and generally gyrate along to auditions today to find Europe’s funkiest dancer.

A VICIOUS sex attacker who raped and battered a frail pensioner to death after she bravely fought him off in a previous assault was jailed for life today.