The extradition of a Cork man who acted as the “controlling mind” in a “multimillion-euro fraud” perpetrated against the UK is of very significant public interest, the High Court has heard.

Prosecutors have dropped the most serious charge brought against businesswoman Deirdre Foley over redundancies at Clerys, writes Tom Tuite.

Connacht Club SFC quarter-final: Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) 0-16 - Mohill (Leitrim) 0-11 - Seven points without reply in the final quarter propelled Mayo champions Castlebar Mitchels into a provincial semi-final against Sligo’s Tourlestrane next weekend.

Aghada 0-16 Éire Óg 0-9: Aghada returned to the Premier Intermediate hurling ranks in Cork with a fully deserved victory over Éire Óg in the IHC final played in Páirc Uí Rinn this evening. They lead the game from pillar to post and generally out hurled their opponents all over the field.

Phone company Eircom has been fined €10,500 after it admitting overcharging customers.

Monaghan and Carlow have booked their places in round three of the All-Ireland Football Qualifiers.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has applied to the Special Criminal Court for transcripts relating to appearances before the court of Adrian Crevan Mackin, who shot dead Garda Anthony Golden in 2015 before killing himself.

Roscommon manager Kevin McStay is unhappy his side have already been written off ahead of their Connacht final with Galway, insisting they are determined to make amends for last year’s collapse against the Tribesmen in the provincial decider.

Leitrim couldn’t live with the tempo of the Rossies.

Three women have told a court there was no doctor present when they got anti-wrinkle, botox-like treatments at a hair and beauty clinic in Dublin.

Owen Mulligan’s London debut ended in disappointment as Leitrim escaped from McGovern Park with a narrow victory.

A new regulatory framework for water safety at Irish swimming pools is to be implemented following the death of a three-year-old boy last year.

CCTV footage revealed the final movements of Ronan Kennedy, aged three years and ten months, at the Quality Hotel in Youghal, Co Cork.

A father, whose three-year-old son drowned, was told the children using the hotel’s kids’ club should wait for armbands to be given out by staff, an inquest heard.

Children entering a hotel pool area were instructed to wait to be given armbands by kids club staff, an inquest heard.

“In the base of the bag there was four blocks of ...TNT and three electronic detonators in good condition strapped to the TNT.”

A 36-year-old Dutch man arrested in Dublin during a Garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property has had his surrender to Dutch authorities ordered by the High Court.

A Dutch man arrested in Dublin during a garda swoop on an alleged Kinahan gang property has had his surrender to Dutch authorities ordered by the High Court.

A judge has said it is regrettable the law doesn’t allow her to extend the life sentence of a convicted murderer who punched a prison nurse in the face.

The High Court will hear arguments on the potential consequences of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union later this month in the context of extradition proceedings in which fair trial rights will be argued owing to delay.

Leitrim 0-12 Waterford 0-8: There wasn’t quite the same fanfare that greeted Leitrim’s first qualifier win against Wicklow back in 2012, but Shane Ward’s side were far more convincing yesterday as they picked up their second backdoor victory in Carrick-on-Shannon.

There wasn’t quite the same fanfare that greeted Leitrim’s first qualifier win against Wicklow back in 2012, but Shane Ward’s side were far more convincing today as they picked up their second backdoor victory in Carrick-on-Shannon.

A garda harassed a female sergeant by sending her a Valentine’s card, emails, and a friend request on Facebook despite numerous warnings from his superiors not to have any contact with her.

A Carlow solicitor, who took out a fraudulent mortgage after his father’s law firm got into trouble with the Law Society, will be sentenced next week.

A clerical officer who was paid €12,500 to process five passports for foreign nationals who were not entitled to them has been jailed for two years.

A nurse facing allegations relating to the possession of crystal meth ordered Sudafed using the names of a number of his colleagues, a disciplinary inquiry heard yesterday.

The lawyers involved in the long-running trial of killer Graham Dwyer shared almost €900,000 in criminal legal aid payments last year.

A garda has praised the maturity of a 14-year-old boy who kept his younger brother calm as they were robbed at knife point on the way to sports practice.

Vodafone has agreed to make a €7,500 charitable contribution to avoid a criminal conviction for failing to hand over data to a communications industry watchdog.

Staff and guests will be invited to a special prayer service in a Co Cork hotel this morning to remember the toddler who lost his life after being pulled from its swimming pool.

Cailean O’Boyle comes in for Benny Heron in the only change in the Derry side for tomorrow night’s Ulster SFC semi-final clash with Donegal in St Tiernach’s Park in Clones (7pm).

A disgraced garda and former GAA star has been fined €2,000 but was spared jail for defrauding a bank out of €450 in an ATM scam.

Leitrim 0-8 Galway 1-13

Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan has failed to overcome a groin injury and will sit out their Ulster football championship preliminary round clash away to Donegal on Sunday.

The lawyer who helped put sadistic murderer Graham Dwyer behind bars for life for the murder of Elaine O’Hara received more than €100,000 for his work on the case.

An application for the extradition of a man to face trial in the US on conspiracy charges arising from his alleged links to a narcotics and drugs distribution website will be heard at the High Court in July.

Leitrim 0-15 Waterford 0-10: Leitrim outplayed Waterford in the first half of Saturday’s meaningless NFL Division 4 clash in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Offaly 2-13 Leitrim 1-16

Longford 1-12 Waterford 1-10