Fifteen private solicitors’ practices received fees in excess of €200,000 last year for carrying out work on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Private solicitors working for the Director of Public Prosecutions were paid almost €6.5m last year.

THE High Court has frozen the assets of and suspended a solicitor whom it is alleged has €900,000 missing from his firms’ client accounts.

WEATHER-BEATEN men with sticks and quaint headgear were much in evidence yesterday as the renowned Puck Fair kicked off three days of jollity and high spirits.

EIGHT students who completed their Leaving Cert exam at Sexton Street Christian Brothers School (CBS), in Limerick, will tonight each receive a JP McManus scholarship worth €4,500 per year, towards their third-level education.