Skonto Riga 2 St Patrick’s Athletic 1: Liam Buckley was looking on the upside last night despite his St Patrick’s Athletic side losing their Europa League first leg tie away to Skonto Riga.

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing a man to death in Thurles last year.

A man accused of murder has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he stabbed a man because he was trying to protect himself and the woman he was with.

A man accused of murder told gardaí during interviews that he stabbed a Latvian man because he was “in fear of his life”, the Central Criminal Court heard today.