A teenager who threatened to slit the throats of two gardaí outside a hotel shortly after getting a suspended sentence for a violent disorder was jailed yesterday as the judge said he had stretched the elastic too far.

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has pulled the wool over the world's eyes yet again, as environmentally-aware folks all over the world were outraged by the sign they burned into the rainforest floor.

Five young men were involved in a spree of violence lasting over an hour in Bishopstown, Co Cork, where a young man was robbed, a house damaged, windows in a car smashed and a €45,000 digger set on fire in a sports field.