Four men have admitted being involved in an aggravated burglary while in possession of two guns and a machete at the rural home of a young family last year.

Francis Connors retained his Connolly’s Red Mills Munster Grand Prix League title at Banteer Show, Co Cork, yesterday.

A call-up for nations cup duty with MHS Going Global means Greg Broderick will miss the chance to repeat his gold medal performance at next week’s World Breeding Championships at Lanaken, Belgium, with Super Chilled and Alberta Mist.

New charges, including false imprisonment and possession of firearms, have been filed against seven men accused of “terrorising” a family during an aggravated burglary last year.

Six of the seven men charged with carrying out an aggravated burglary at the home of a young family last month have again been remanded in custody following their latest court appearance.

A gang who broke into the house of a couple and their three daughters last week allegedly threatened to “shoot the small kids” before fleeing the scene with cash and jewellery, a court has heard.

Seven men with addresses in north Dublin have appeared in court in connection with an aggravated burglary in Co Tipperary last Thursday when a family was “terrorised” by an armed gang.

A landmark Dublin hotel is to undergo a multimillion euro revamp.

The company that operates the €40 million Lyrath Hotel in Co Kilkenny recorded a pre-tax loss of €278,278 in 2010.

The family of a young man killed in front of the mother of his unborn baby has said that part of them died with him that night and that some days they don’t want to live.

A DUBLIN man apologised to a judge at the Central Criminal Court yesterday after trying to attack the man who killed his brother last year.

A Yorkshire terrier dog has been terrorising postmen in England.

AN Ennis man lost a finger after being set upon by men with machetes while he was attending a funeral on Saturday afternoon, a senior garda told a court yesterday.

The National Boy 1,2 & 3 Championships commenced at the National Stadium in Dublin yesterday with thirty seven preliminary round and quarter final bouts in the Boy 1& 2 categories.