The passenger in a car driven by a man shot dead in front of his daughter told a murder trial jury he ran when another car pulled up beside him.

Members of the Tipperary hurling team yesterday took time away from preparing for tomorrow’s All-Ireland semi-final to support their team-mate John O’Brien as he buried his older brother who died during the week.

A Cork businessman today became the first to be convicted of failing to abide by a High Court order restricting his role as a company director.