A bank yesterday sought to repossess the luxury family home of one of the country’s best-known hoteliers, who became broke in the property crash.

An 82-year-old American who was extradited to this country last week on rape and sexual assault charges was yesterday granted bail at Limerick District Court.

The horror secrets of a welcoming family-run B&B in the idyllic village of Adare unfolded yesterday.

A 46-year-old Polish man, “trapped” in Ireland without a passport, has been jailed for two years for his role in a sophisticated cannabis growing operation which had a potential street value of over €180,000.

Ireland fly-halves Ronan O’Gara and Jonathan Sexton are giving their respective provinces plenty to think about for very different reasons ahead of crucial final Heineken Cup pool games this weekend.

Munster and Ireland fly-half Ronan O’Gara has been cited for allegedly kicking an opponent during yesterday’s Heineken Cup clash with Edinburgh.

WALES and Cardiff scrum-half Richie Rees looks set to miss the entire RBS 6 Nations campaign after being handed a 12-week ban by an independent European Rugby Cup disciplinary panel for making contact with the eye of Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley in a Heineken Cup match last month.

Wales and Cardiff scrum-half Richie Rees looks set to miss the entire RBS 6 Nations campaign after being handed a 12-week ban by an independent European Rugby Cup disciplinary panel for making contact with the eye of Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley in a Heineken Cup match last month.

Stade Francais prop David Attoub will have his appeal against a 70-week ban for eye-gouging heard in London on Tuesday, March 2.

WALES star Lee Byrne and the Ospreys have been hit with misconduct complaints following last Saturday’s ‘16th player’ saga.

Wales star Lee Byrne and the Ospreys have been hit with misconduct complaints following last Saturday’s 16th player saga.

SHANNON have lost their appeal against the €25,000 fine imposed on them by the IRFU disciplinary committee arising out of incidents involving senior members of the club and referee George Clancy at the conclusion of last month’s AIB League game against Cork Constitution at Coonagh.

JULIEN DUPUY, the Stade Francais scrum-half, will miss France’s entire Six Nations campaign after his appeal against a 24-week suspension for gouging was reduced by just seven days to 23 weeks.

The charge into the misconduct of Harlequins over a blood substitute in their Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Leinster, which convened in London yesterday and today, has now adjourned.

A hearing will finally take place on Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3 to decide on the merit of a case against Harlequins over a blood substitution concerning their player Tom Williams.

THE IRFU Disciplinary Panel will hold an appeal hearing this evening into the suspension of Leinster flanker Shane Jennings.

Leinster flanker Shane Jennings will have his appeal against a three-match ban for striking Connact's Andrew Farley held by the Irish Rugby Football Union Disciplinary Panel on Thursday evening.

England international Harry Ellis has been banned for six weeks following a dangerous tackle on New Zealand star Dan Carter.

TWO South American prostitutes found running a brothel in an exclusive Limerick hotel had some of their fees returned to them by a judge yesterday to enable them to leave the city.

MUNSTER rugby fans crowded into a Limerick courtroom yesterday to support Pamela Hickey, the woman who takes them on low-cost flights to away games.

The 19-year-old Limerick man at the centre of a collapsed murder trial walked free from a court again today, after a judge imposed a suspended sentence for two public order offences.