A Cavan man who was convicted of intimidating his former flatmate arising out of a stabbing incident following the 2004 All-Ireland Football Final between Mayo and Kerry has been given a four year sentence.

A Cavan man who was convicted by a jury of intimidating his former flatmate arising out of a stabbing incident following the 2004 All-Ireland Football Final between Mayo and Kerry will be sentenced in April.

A Cavan man has been convicted by a jury of intimidating his former flatmate arising out of a stabbing incident following the 2004 All-Ireland Football Final between Mayo and Kerry.

The man charged with threatening to kill his Mayo-native former flatmate unless he withdrew a statement he made to gardaí has denied the allegation in evidence at his trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Airlines which do not allow men to sit next to unaccompanied children - apparently over fears of abuse – could be guilty of unlawful discrimination, New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission said today.