A householder who used a hurley to attack a man calling to his house for a party could have avoided a jail sentence.

A householder fearing death threats overreacted when three men arrived at his home searching for an early-hours house party — he struck one of them in the head with a hurley and assaulted a second man.

PRIMARILY because of the current unpopularity of US foreign policy, the focus on President George W Bush’s Irish visit, unfortunately, was on security rather than welcome, but let us again consider his Irish connections.