A man whose leg got trapped on the Connemara shoreline during a rising tide was brought to safety in a multi-agency rescue this evening.

An online blackmailer whose Northern Irish teenage victim later took his own life has been sentenced to four years in prison.

ELAN and Biogen’s new multiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, will be priced 30% dearer than expectations lifting the prospects of Elan returning to profitability in 2006.