No one was sober on the night of an alleged sexual assault by a 53-year-old man on another male, aged 44, a female witness, one of the three people in the bed, told the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee yesterday.

After a taxi driver’s car failed a fare meter test, he threatened to “put a bullet in the head” of a National Transport Authority inspector, a court has heard.

A measure of a society is how it protects elderly people, a judge said yesterday when jailing, for three years, a handbag snatcher who robbed a 74-year-old nun and a second woman, aged 79.

A now 22-year-old man was yesterday jailed for 16 months for having sex with a girl under the age of 15, with whom he had a relationship when both were teenagers.

Man, now 21, had sex with then 14-year-old girl at a sports field between January-March 2014, court told

A 12-month-old child who, eight years ago, choked on plastic allegedly contained in a Cow & Gate baby food jar, was awarded €10,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

An award-winning balloon artist, who suffered whiplash and lower back injuries in a rear-ending crash, has been awarded more than €22,500 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A Killarney man involved in “a roofing racket” and who has previous convictions for deceiving elderly people in Cork City, was yesterday spared jail for a further deception of an elderly person, this time near his home town, because of “the incapacity” of one of his children.

Kerry farmer shot at his daughter’s partner after drinking

A student and mother of one, who allegedly called a security guard a “fucking asshole”, has been awarded damages for defamation in the Circuit Civil Court against his employer.

A man yesterday recalled how he rejected the pleas of his mother on her deathbed to hold her hand due to the anger he felt at being sexually assaulted by a former member of a religious order.

A former Limerick primary school teacher was yesterday found guilty at Limerick Circuit Court of 30 charges of indecently assaulting boys he taught over 35 years ago.

A jury is due to begin its deliberations on Friday in the trial of a 73-year-old retired primary school teacher who is accused of indecently assaulting 13 boys at a school in the Limerick area.

A move by the DPP to activate a suspended prison sentence given to a Limerick drug dealer failed yesterday.

The State is seeking to activate a suspended prison sentence handed down to a Limerick drug dealer who was at the centre of a political storm last year after he was the subject of representation by Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Niall Collins.

A father who sexually abused his stepdaughters over a 10-year period has been jailed for eight years, with the final 18 months suspended.

A father who sexually abused his stepdaughters over a 10-year period has been jailed for eight years with the final 18 months suspended.

A 37-year-old man who suffered headaches and was left with a fear of hedge strimmers after being injured on a Community Employment work placement scheme has been awarded €25,000 in an action against the South Kerry Development Partnership (SKDP).

JOHN HANNAN was so angry when the bell at the local church went silent he picked up the phone and rang the Pope.

Five frontline members of a Real IRA cell received sentences ranging from 16 to 22 years at the Old Bailey in London today for plotting a terror bombing campaign in Britain.

Five members of a Real IRA terror cell operating on the British mainland were being sentenced today for their parts in plotting a bombing campaign.

Three Irishmen were convicted at the Old Bailey today of plotting a Real IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain – endangering life and severely damaging property.

An Old Bailey jury trying three Irishmen accused of plotting a Real IRA terrorist bombing campaign in mainland Britain were continuing their deliberations today.

THE Irish Horse Board (IHB) this week reaffirmed its commitment to the formation of an umbrella body for the sport horse sector.

NEWLY-ELECTED Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) chairman Charles Hanley has poured cold water on efforts to re-ignite plans for a unified equestrianism body.

Two men have pleaded guilty to plotting to cause explosions likely to endanger life in mainland Britain and Ireland, the Old Bailey heard today.

THE Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) is to take a major step forward with the setting up of a unified equestrian body without the immediate involvement of the Irish Horse Board (IHB).

COUNSELLING saves at least half of troubled marriages a study has shown.

THE woman campaigning to keep Don’t Step Back with rider Patricia Donegan claims to have commitments totalling €150,000 towards syndication of the horse.

A SEISMIC shift in the bureaucratic set up of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland is on the cards when it holds its 2001 AGM next Tuesday.

A man is due in court later, charged in connection with suspected Real IRA bomb blasts in London and Birmingham.