A lucky Waterford winner has won €1m in last night's EuroMillions draw.

A row over cattle fencing resulted in a man being convicted of assault and a second criticised for using inflammatory language in a case described by a judge as “a sorry mess between neighbours”.

The Central Bank has uncovered examples of where credit unions are offering loans without checking if members can repay them.

The credit union sector has stabilised and lending has increased, according to the Central Bank, although it added there was still pressure on the credit union business model.

Criminal prosecutions may be brought arising out of investigations into a north Dublin credit union to which the High Court has appointed provisional liquidators, a judge was told.

Two people charged in connection with alleged illegal money lending in Kilrush have been returned for trial to Ennis Circuit Court.

Paul Townend and Willie Mullins shared a double with Childrens List and Westerner Lady in Downpatrick yesterday.

Four people accused of unlawful moneylending in a Clare town have agreed to an exclusion zone around their local post office on dole days.

A number of credit unions have not held annual general meetings due to “matters of supervisory concern”, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.

Thomas Barr beat world champion Jehue Gordon in the 400m hurdles in a new stadium record of 48.94 at a pulsating Morton Games in Dublin last night while the mile record for Morton was also shattered by American Will Leer in 3:51.82 as 10 men went under four minutes.

Clonmel hotelier John Nallen has experienced a terrific run of success with his charges in point-to-points this season and the owner/trainer struck once more with newcomer Minella Friend in the four-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Killeady Harriers meeting at Dromahane.

THERE was the persistent presence of a sexual predator working in Baltimore Industrial School.

A WOMAN who was stabbed in the leg during an incident in which a 27-year-old man was killed allegedly told gardaí her ex-boyfriend carried out the attacks, a court heard yesterday.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy. He casts his eye over your comments and gives his own critical analysis of the goings on throughout the world of football. You may agree with him or then again you may not.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced by half the six-year sentence imposed on a former Dublin minor hurler who admitted having €44,000 worth of cannabis resin.

A former Dublin minor hurler who left his social security card in a holdall bag containing €44,000 worth of cannabis resin has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

FOOD and fashion was the order of the day at a top Dublin Thai restaurant yesterday.