The chief prosecution witness in the trial of four men accused of shooting a Limerick bouncer has denied that the man he had claimed asked him to shoot the bouncer approached him to commit the murder.

The chief prosecution witness in the trial of four men accused of shooting a Limerick bouncer has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that there had been an earlier plan to kill the bouncer before he shot him in the chest and in the head.

DAMIEN Richardson is confident that goalkeeper Michael Devine will be fit for tomorrow's Setanta Sports Cup final.

The man who was named in court as having shot dead journalist Veronica Guerin has been released from prison.

Patrick "Dutchy" Holland, who was implicated in the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, is to make a fresh appeal today to be released on bail.