A taxi driver who dragged a passenger along a road with his car for 250 metres following a disagreement about a fare has been spared a jail sentence and a road ban.

A taxi driver dragged a passenger along a road with his car for 250m following a dispute about a fare, a court heard.

A wealthy businessman found wandering a lonely border road in a barefoot and dishevelled condition last Tuesday is to face formal questioning by gardaí later this week about his mysterious disappearance.

Gardaí are desperately trying to build up a picture of the gang suspected of kidnapping businessman Kevin Michael McGeever.

THE sight of a man and his dog rounding up a flock of sheep is as old as the rugged hills in which they work.

A PENSIONER was “dragged like a doll” through the street in a fatal attack by his dog.