A MAN who police believe was shot and killed by his eight-year-old son had consulted a Roman Catholic priest about whether the boy should handle guns and had taught him how to use a rifle, the clergyman said.

AFTER a 1-0 defeat which left something of a sour taste in the mouths of the hosts, the Republic of Ireland U-19s will be looking for Bulgaria to do them a favour when they play Germany on Saturday while Sean McCaffrey’s men will be hoping to get their qualification ambitions back on track with victory against Hungary.

An 88-year-old woman medical professor has been charged with murdering a mentally ill patient in 1941, which came during a Nazi drive to kill institutional patients, a German prosecutor said today.