Michael O’Leary’s casual open-neck shirt style might be a good look for Ryanair, but it is a fashion faux-pas in the more formal setting of Limerick Circuit Court.

More than 66,000 motorists had their speed checked by gardaí in under 10 hours as Operation Slowdown delivered on its promise of an intensive nationwide scrutiny of driving habits.

3 key battles from yesterday’s All-Ireland semi-final...

A four-year-old girl, who allegedly suffered psychological injuries while attending a creche mentioned in an RTÉ expose on the mistreatment of children, has been offered a settlement of €15,000, a court has heard.

A 32-year-old Dublin mother who was pepper-sprayed by gardaí when they seized her car and arrested her, has been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court for defamation and assault.

Three members of the Traveller community from Rathkeale claim a newspaper report implicated them in drunken riotous behaviour after a close relative died on holiday in Germany and that they tried to have the body shipped home in the back of a van.

A mother and daughter were yesterday awarded €45,000 in defamation damages after they were falsely accused of shoplifting from a Dunnes Stores outlet in Limerick.

A Polish chef who worked for leading publican Charlie Chawke claimed that she was offered €1,150 to drop a compensation claim after she slipped when working in Mr Chawke’s old family pub in Adare, a court heard.

A €50 note, offered to a Limerick City Bus Éireann driver to pay a €1.80 fare, sparked a row which traumatised a student travelling to a counselling session, a court heard.

Newtown Blues (Louth) 0-12 Tullamore (Offaly) 1-07

SO much physical and mental energy goes into preparing for an international test match that to have it called off as you are literally about to leave the dressing room must be emotionally draining.

A SEASONED Garrycastle had the necessary know-how to chisel out a hard-earned victory over a youthful Athy at Newbridge yesterday, and book their place in the Leinster Club SFC final.

Garrycastle 1-10 Athy 1-6

THE will of the late poet and author John O’Donohue has been declared void by the High Court due to uncertainty over its terms and meaning.

THERE is a bit of a way to go yet for Connacht, who suffered stage-fright in the face of high-quality opposition at Saturday night’s historic Heineken Cup clash at the Sportsground.

Munster A 21 Leinster A 15

IF EVER there is a reason to protect and enhance the club structure, the IRFU need look no further than this high quality AIB League final at Thomond Park on Saturday.

The mother of schoolboy Robert Holohan today claimed semen had been found on her dead son’s body.