History was made in Clare yesterday when, for the first time in the 38-year history of the Junior Tour, a rider successfully retained the title.

Jack Maddux of the US-based Hot Tubes Team won yesterday’s fourth stage of the International Junior Tour of Ireland as defending champion Eddie Dunbar survived another day of relentless attacks.

A PROSECUTOR told jurors yesterday that former hippie guru Ira Einhorn had a history of violence against women, and promised to present overwhelming evidence that Einhorn bludgeoned his girlfriend to death more than 20 years ago.

Three of the four winners of the £210m Powerball jackpot claimed their shares yesterday, including an elderly couple who hid their winning ticket in a box of cereal, a married mother of three and a 46-year-old ex-convict.