Charges against a couple, accused of lying to the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), were yesterday struck out by a judge who criticised some garda witnesses.

Michelle Keegan has been crowned the world’s sexiest woman in a list also featuring Susanna Reid and Mary Berry.

"This is a stick-up" is what the first man in a queue told a postmistress as soon as she opened for business - but within minutes, he was arrested and held by a local pensioner and a Ukrainian national.