An admin manager who stole more than £500,000 (€597,520) from his firm to fund his gambling addiction and help an ailing football club was jailed for three years today.

A high-flying City lawyer who conned millions from her bank bosses to help a friend’s ailing airline was jailed for five years yesterday.

A high-flying City lawyer was facing jail today after she conned millions from her bank bosses to help a friend's ailing airline.

SEVERAL of the country’s most successful businessmen and women will share their tips and secrets with the next generation of budding movers and shakers, testing their mettle and checking if they have the entrepreneurial skill or E-Factor, to succeed.

A PRIMARY school caretaker waged a letter bombing campaign that targeted organisations across Britain in protest at a “surveillance-obsessed society”, a court heard yesterday.

AN ABATTOIR worker sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for killing her partner and attempting to serve his flesh to his children had her appeal rejected, a court said yesterday.

The battle for supremacy in the Cedars Hotel Wexford Rally went all the way to the final stage and at the finish, the Stephen Murphy/Mickey Joe Morrissey (Subaru WRC) combination emerged with a ten second advantage over the Ford Focus of Donie O'Sullivan/Paul Nagle.

Former winner, Stephen Murphy, driving a Subaru WRC, leads the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Rally at the overnight halt.

Cork-born driver, Donie O’Sullivan and his Killarney co-driver, Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) leads the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Rally by some 20 seconds after the opening two stages.

KENNY McKINSTRY starts this weekend’s Clonakilty based Quality Hotels West Cork Rally as favourite with the Banbridge car preparation expert bidding to complete an unique hat-trick.

Kenny McKinstry and co-driver, Sean Mullally won the Marine Hotel Fastnet Rally, the final round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

THERE can be few greater comparisons in Irish rallying than Sunday’s restricted single stage rally in Cahir, which is in sharp contrast to last week’s Cork 20 International Rally.

Cork driver, Michael Keohane, made a dramatic return to the British Formula 3 championship at Thruxton today to claim second place behind race winner, Heikki Kovalainen.

Clonakilty’s Michael Keohane had a disappointing qualifying session for the seventh round of the Avon Tyres British Formula 3 Championship at Knockhill, Scotland today.

Melvyn Evans and his co-driver, Alun Davies, duly won the Irishmobioles.com West Cork Rally in Clonakilty with fellow overseas crews, Steve Fleck/Mark Aspinall (Subaru WRC) and Jim Harrison/Harvey Bell (Subaru WRC) completing the top three.

Through today’s eight stages, Melvyn Evans, in an Escort World Rally Car was virtually untouchable.

A woman who stabbed her de facto husband, then skinned and decapitated him before cooking him for his children’s meal became was jailed for life, it was reported in Australia today.