In the same way that Ireland has always relied on a strong core of Munster players — forwards, in particular — Munster has always been at its belligerent best with a core of influential Limerick forwards on board, writes Donal Lenihan 

The State’s botched investigation against ex-banker Seán FitzPatrick was undermined by the fact that untrained officials were tasked with taking key evidence because other prioritised Anglo investigations were draining vital resources.

It’s been 21 years but the names of Pat Whelan and Seamus Harty aren’t far from Trevor Hogan’s lips when the conversation strays back to the 16-year old kid who wandered into the Nenagh Ormond club at the onset of his rugby journey.

Two men have appeared in court charged with possession of a pump-action shotgun.

Accused: I didn’t tell anyone, I went to work every day

Former Anglo Irish Bank executive Willie McAteer will not serve any extra time in prison for receiving a fraudulent loan in September 2008 in order to keep the bank from failing.

The former director of lending with Anglo Irish Bank, Pat Whelan, has been fined €3,000 for failing to keep a proper record of a fraudulent €8m to his colleague William McAteer.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

A former director of Anglo Irish Bank has pleaded guilty to an offence of failing to maintain a register in respect of the granting on September 29, 2008, by the bank of a loan on particular terms to another director of the bank.

Six Nations chairman Pat Whelan believes the introduction of bonus points for this season's flagship tournament will "enhance" the competition.

Ireland’s clash with Canada this evening may not be as momentous as last week’s historic win over the All Blacks, but one man will treasure the fixture.

A Limerick criminal threw down the gauntlet to gardaí, warning that if they did not back off, a certain detective’s house would be burned down.

A Tipperary food producer has taken the top prize in this year’s Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards while Dunnes Stores was named the top retailer of 2016.

A man was ‘crucified’ by having his feet nailed onto the kitchen floor of a house where he was held captive, it was alleged yesterday at Limerick District Court.

Ireland’s ever-growing and improving food sector and some of the country’s best sightseeing spots were showcased to an international audience of experts over the last week as the Great Taste Awards came to Tipperary.

LONG term secure rental of almost €1.5 million per annum (and scope to grow it further) is the lure at Limerick’s Ennis Road Retail Park.

A water charges protester was yesterday convicted of assaulting a detective garda while he was on duty, providing protection for the Taoiseach and other cabinet ministers at a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting.

An anti-water charges protestor was convicted this evening of assaulting a Detective Garda, while he was on duty, providing protection for the Taoiseach and other cabinet ministers, at a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting.

Valerie O’Connor looks at a list of new books that focus on health and well-being and, most especially, quality food. 

Thomond Park has played host to many chapters in Munster’s storied rugby journey but pride of place remains the game against the otherwise unbeaten New Zealanders on October 31, 1978, an occasion that understandably claims pride of place in a new book ‘Where Miracles Happen - The Story of Thomond Park’, by Charlie Mulqueen and Brendan O’Dowd.

It was mum’s the word when a Tipperary butcher’s beef dripping won the supreme champion award at the Great Tastes Awards.

The Menu is packing his theatre binoculars with the mother-of-pearl inlay and his most elasticated cummerbund for what promises to be a splendid evening of theatrical and culinary high-jinks at Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre throughout the month of August. 

The banking inquiry is to decide on Monday whether to allow former Anglo chief executive David Drumm to give evidence from the US by video link next Wednesday to get around legal issues with his return to Ireland.

All but one of the Anglo Irish officials central to the economic crash are set to escape any public banking inquiry grilling over their role in the financial scandal.

On a week when Paul O’Connell worked wonders for the reputation of grizzled second-row forwards, another great presence in Munster rugby passed away peacefully after a long period of illness.

Tributes and well-wishes poured in yesterday for a garda who was shot and seriously injured during an armed robbery in the United States.

The trial of two ex-Anglo executives over an alleged fraudulent loan of over €8m will start in 2017.

The trial date has been set for two former Anglo executives over an alleged fraudulent loan of over €8m.

Two former Anglo Irish Bank executives have been sent forward for trial in connection with an alleged fraudulent €8m loan.

After being awoken in the middle of the night, a terrified homeowner was confronted by a man wielding an axe, a court heard.

The family of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn is to receive a transcript of the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives to use in two upcoming civil actions.

Two former bankers with the defunct Anglo Irish Bank are to stand trial foralleged fraud over an €8m loan arranged for one of them.

Two former directors of Anglo Irish Bank have been charged in relation to an alleged €8m fraud at the former lender.

One of the two Anglo executives sentenced to community service is expected to work with homeless people.

At 10.30am yesterday, two citizens were sentenced for doing something, a judge said, they believed was lawful.

Two former executives at the defunct Anglo Irish Bank will serve 240 hours community service for their role in an illegal lending plot.

A taxi driver forced to drive at knife point by a convicted rapist, has described the ordeal as the "most traumatic event of his life".