A former Las Vegas poker dealer accused of being hired to kill a Clare man and his two sons told gardaí he had an affair with the woman accused of hiring him a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

A Clare woman on trial for hiring a hitman to kill her partner and his two sons wrote to the Gerry Ryan show several months before the events she is accused of, complaining about her partner a Central Criminal Court jury has heard.

HEAVYWEIGHTS Eamonn Higgins (UCC) and Martin Donovan (OLOL) claim top billing on Friday night when Cork County Board host a charity boxing show in aid of the Alzheimer’s Association at Neptune Stadium (7pm).

DAVID BARRETT will take his preparations for next month’s national senior boxing championships to a new level when he boxes former champion, David Joyce, on a 15-bout bill promoted by Rylane boxing club at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom tomorrow night.

PARC GROUP, the Dublin-based human resources outsourcing and recruitment specialist, has sold one of its divisions — Parc HR Services — to the division’s management team.

THE days of taping new music albums for friends could be at an end after a major retailer announced it will no longer stock blank cassettes.

The days of the cassette tape are doomed, it was predicted today, after a major British electrical retailer announced it was pressing the eject button on sales.

BOXING returns to the Neptune Stadium for the first time in 21 years on Saturday night (7pm) when the Cork County Board of the IABA stage a charity show in aid of the Leukaemia Ward at the Mercy Hospital.

PARENTS are being urged to think twice before using a shopping trolley to carry a small child after a study revealed the dangers involved.