A policy barring foreign tourists from buying marijuana in the Netherlands went into effect in parts of the country today, with attention focused on the southern city of Maastricht, where a cafe was warned over violating the ban and around 200 smokers marched in protest.

A MOTHER who arrived at a scene where her 19-year-old son had been fatally attacked, saw blood on the road where he had died.

An Englishman in his 60s, who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a 19-year-old man in Kerry 12 years ago, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

An Englishman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a 19-year-old man in Kerry 12 years ago, will be sentenced for the killing tomorrow.

An Englishman has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to killing a Kerry musician 12 years ago.