A legal row has erupted over the contents of a victim impact statement in the sentencing of TV fitness instructor Francis Usanga who was found guilty of attacking his former partner.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly “acted despicably,” and “cynically avoided service” on him of personal injuries proceedings alleging he assaulted Anthony Kelly five years ago, the Circuit Civil Court heard yesterday.

A TV fitness guru is facing trial for assaulting his model ex-girlfriend.

Former Dublin Gaelic football star and TV sports pundit Senan Connell appeared in court yesterday to plead not guilty to drink-driving.

It’s common for mums to feel a little down after giving birth, but if the low mood persists for any length of time then it may be time to seek help, says Arlene Harris.

A Dubliner accused of sending a pig’s head to the home of a Garda yesterday swapped sunny Spain for a prison cell.

A 29-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged in connection with a collision which claimed the life of a pedestrian in Swords, in Dublin, at the weekend.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly will be sentenced next month for breaking a man’s eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.

Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has admitted breaking a man’s eye socket in an unprovoked attack in a pub.

As Kevin Heffernan’s coffin left the Church of St Vincent de Paul on Dublin’s Griffith Avenue yesterday, a spontaneous applause enveloped the air.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

Slightly paraphrased, Jimmy Rabbitte’s immortal quote from The Commitments describes Pat Gilroy’s club.

The stars of yesteryear gathered to say farewell to John Egan, writes Michael Moynihan

SHE’S not known for being shy but US celebrity Jessica Simpson has hit the headlines with a revealing insight into her sex life.

CATENACCIO went out of fashion in Italy along time ago but former Dublin player and manager Tony Hanahoe believes Serie A’s ultra-defensive mindset is alive and well in Gaelic football and threatening the very fabric of the game.

Bullfighting

A man's appeal of an assault conviction at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent, was described today as “a matter of some delicacy” and adjourned until October.

A MAN has been charged in connection with last week’s tiger kidnapping in Dublin in which more than €300,000 was withdrawn by a bank employee whose partner had been kidnapped.

A man was charged in court this morning in connection with a so-called tiger robbery in Dublin last week where more than €300,000 was withdrawn by a bank employee whose partner had been kidnapped.

THEY remembered better days in the Guinness storehouse on Wednesday night, the rare auld times as they say in Dublin.

A NEIGHBOUR of murdered father of five Thomas Farrell appeared in court yesterday charged with the fatal stabbing of the 43-year-old.