A four-year suspended jail sentence was imposed on a man yesterday who punched a pub customer for accidentally spilling his drink.

ONE punch had devastating consequences for a young man who was almost blinded in his right eye by the blow he suffered for accidentally spilling another man’s drink.

IT was a profitable trip south for UCD on Saturday, as their men and women came away with big wins from Bandon and Cork Harlequins respectively to advance in the Irish Senior Cup.

A FORMER senior garda claims the late gangland criminal Patrick “Dutchy” Holland had plotted to kill him in a violent act of revenge.

THE proposed break-up of Aer Rianta into three separate airports went a step further yesterday with the appointment of the board members for the Dublin Airport Authority.

AER RIANTA has chosen deputy chief executive Margaret Sweeney to succeed current chief John Burke who is stepping down at the end of this month.

TRANSPORT Minister Seamus Brennan continued to ignore union pleas for an independent review of his plans to break up Aer Rianta yesterday and named the new board to run Shannon Airport.

PATRICK ‘Dutchy’ Holland can hardly expect much public sympathy for his plight. An armed robber, who also served a sentence on an explosive’s charge, he is now serving 12 years for drug-dealing.

The Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan TD has announced the appointments of the Chairpersons of the independent and autonomous State-owned airport authorities for Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports.