HISTORIC swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison yesterday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment.

DELEGATES from the 80 trout fly angling clubs affiliated to Munster Regional Trout Angling Council (MRTAC) travelled to the Mallow Park Hotel, on Sunday last to attend its 73rd AGM.