A house was barricaded with a stove as a woman armed herself with a knife and three men armed themselves with implements including golf clubs, an iron bar, and a machete, and taunted gardaí during a four-hour late-night stand-off with gardaí.

A house was barricaded with a stove as people armed with knives, golf clubs, and a machete threw bottles from inside during a face-off with gardaí, with a television thrown through an upstairs window.

Lar Corbett has handed Tipperary a massive pre-championship boost by returning to action with the Premier County.

A Dublin man whose arm was broken after he was arrested by the Garda Emergency Response Unit on his return from the North where he had purchased a quantity of fireworks has been awarded €40,000 in damages by the High Court.