A man once sentenced to death for his role in the shooting dead of two gardaí following a botched robbery has had his bid for freedom dismissed by the High Court.

CORK’S lord mayor has said that, despite controversy, he has no regrets about his decision to confer the freedom of the city on John Major.

RETIRED judges, including controversial former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty, received pensions worth £2.7m last year.