A WOMAN who was sexually abused as a child for seven years by her Irish dancing teacher should be paid €50,000 of the €400,000 award made against him earlier this week if he wants to appeal the case to the Supreme Court, a judge has ruled.

The Supreme Court has today cleared the way for an Irish dancing teacher, found to have sexually abused a former pupil, to be named.

Laid-off workers at car parts maker Visteon were on an overnight sit-in tonight after bosses said more than 560 jobs were being axed.

The body of a man was today recovered from the River Shannon close to where a young man went missing just weeks before Christmas.

Three people were tonight rescued from a sinking speedboat.

Dervla Toal will play Catriona O’Farrell in the final of the Pat O’Brien Developments Queen of the Roads at Ballincurrig on Sunday, following an impressive win over Gretta Cormican and Rena Ahlrichs yesterday.