A former Fianna Fáil junior minister who lost his seat at the last general election is hoping to be elected to Cork County Council.

Mobile phone records are to be used in evidence against a Dublin schoolboy charged with possessing a semi automatic pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition, a court heard today.

IT’S BEEN a bit of a journey to the corner for Eoin Murphy. The way he puts it, when he started hurling for Waterford he didn’t know what he was: a forward, a midfielder or a half-back.