Two boys have told a jury their mother made them swallow washing-up liquid, while one claimed she pushed him down the stairs twice and then lied to hospital staff about his injuries.

A young woman told a jury yesterday that shortly after she was taken into care by HSE social workers in 2011, then aged 14, she was allowed spend a night with her mother who plied her with drugs until she got sick.

Dingle based band Walking On Cars are happy to progress at their own pace, writes Ed Power.

You didn’t have to see the dozens of eager fans queueing outside deBarras to sense something special was happening as Guinness Amplify came to Clonakilty last night.

Connacht 24, Bristol Shoguns 33