A sleight of hand saw a black bag containing an iPhone, iPod, and iPad being replaced with a similar bag containing nothing more valuable than two bottles of water and some paper.

Two brothers have lost €38,000 damages claims they each made in the Circuit Civil Court for personal injuries they allegedly suffered in a road traffic accident, and are now facing hefty legal bills.

FASHION tycoon, Sean Barron, has made a €6.5 million settlement with the Revenue Commissioners after admitting to evading tax.

One of the country’s leading names in fashion has paid more than €6m to the Revenue for tax dodging, it was revealed.