A man who walked next door and hit his neighbour in the mouth has been told by a judge to pay him €9,000 compensation.

Colin Whelan thought he could evade capture and prison - but he was wrong, write John Breslin and Siobhan Gaffney.

THE Irish Examiner has been cleared of a charge of contempt of court following the publication of newspaper reports earlier this week which led to the discharge of a jury in a murder trial.