Cork man Padraig O’Reilly was named Irish Red Cross Volunteer of the Year 2018 this afternoon while 12-year-old Donegal native Sarah McConnellogue received the Irish Red Cross Young Volunteer of the Year Award.

An 18-year-old girl, who died from pneumonia relating to anorexia nervosa, weighed just three-and-a-half stone when she died at Sligo General Hospital , an inquest heard yesterday.

A Donegal man who sued an entertainments company called Funky Monkey for alleged negligence over a bucking bronco was described as “acting the maggot” at Sligo High Court.