A plague of rural robberies and burglaries have shattered the trust on which the foundations of rural society are built, a Circuit Court Judge said yesterday.

A major Yahoo shareholder has made a legal demand for internal records about the embattled internet company’s hiring of chief executive Scott Thompson.

MCINERNEY Group has an eventful history that stretches back over 100 years.

IT was not always recognised, but the first casualties of the 1916 Rising occurred in Kerry - three days before the real action got under way in Dublin.