A local election candidate has gone to court to have the result of the Listowel Electoral area declared invalid and to have a full recount.

Two men charged with violent disorder following the death of a 29-year-old father of one at Christmas five years ago were yesterday jailed for three years, with part of the sentences were suspended.

A FORMER business owner who had sex with his 16-year-old employee after she was drinking with him has been given a three- year sentence and told he must complete a sex offenders’ treatment programme.