A woman successfully appealed a case yesterday where it was alleged that she caught a care worker by the throat because she “went ballistic” over her elderly mother being taken by taxi rather than ambulance from a nursing home to hospital.

A woman who was “fuming” because her elderly mother was taken by taxi rather than ambulance from a nursing home for a hospital visit caught the care worker by the throat, it was claimed in court yesterday.

PHARMACEUTICAL firm, Merck Sharp & Dohme is linking with the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology to promote advanced research at University College Cork and University College Dublin.

TIPPERARY inter-county player James Cleary (Hillview, Clonmel) stopped the great run by Eddie Hackett (Collins) to win the Men’s Munster Senior Pitch and Putt Strokeplay Championship at Collins yesterday.