A man is recovering after a vicious assault in Co Kildare in which he was forced to eat part of his ear after it was cut off.

An Irish couple with deep-rooted GAA connections in Kerry and Galway have died in a road crash in the US.

OFFICIALS of Wicklow County Council were unaware that allegations were being made that the location of Ardmore Studios in Bray could be moved unless a controversial rezoning proposal was adopted.