GARDAÍ were last night trying to make contact with the family of an East European man who was murdered in Thurles at the weekend and whose naked body was found in a field on Sunday evening.

A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his father who was shot dead in his home last Sunday.

Veteran Irish Olympic target shooter Tony Cogan (59) won the National Indoor Smallbore Rifle Championships, at the Rathdrum Rifle Club in Co Wicklow.