A parish just outside Cork City is one of many urban and rural communities under threat from an invasive alien species.

Former Luton chairman Bill Tomlins has admitted making illegal payments to players‘ agents while his manager at the time was claiming corruption was rife throughout the game.

Mike Newell has some more explaining to do if he is to cling to his job as Luton manager after his club’s board demanded a meeting to discuss his “sexist” and “completely unacceptable” criticism of assistant referee Amy Rayner.

Luton’s new owners hope to relocate the club to a new 15,000-seater stadium within three years if their £1.7m (€2.5m) takeover is completed this week.