Three women who were injured in what was described at Limerick Circuit Court as “an incredible” road accident when their SUV was rear-ended by a rented van yesterday received substantial damages. A fourth person who was also in the SUV settled her case.

A fingerprint lifted from a Coca-Cola can was enough to link a middle-aged man to the theft of motor parts from a locked shed, and yesterday he was sentenced to six months in prison.

A Waterford county councillor has said the community of Boatstrand is devastated by the drowning of a two-year-old boy in the area.

FINES totalling €6,250 were imposed on a Meath footballer and his wife for failing to return statements of their financial affairs to the Revenue Commissioners.