Irish teenager Niamh McSherry finished a highly-creditable fifth in the girls event at the European Young Masters in Hamburg.

Two double bogeys in the first three holes prevented teenage sensation Olivia Mehaffey from being among the leaders after the first round of the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Estonia yesterday.

Monaco, Mauritius, Mykanos and St Petersburg were some of the exotic locations that property tycoon Achilleas Kallakis whisked AIB staff off on as a thank you for completing property deals.

A former AIB employee who worked closely with Achilleas Kallakis was not acting as efficiently as the bank wanted, jurors at Southwark crown court heard in London.