November proved a busy month for Cork software firm Zeto: It raised €600,000 in funding, got recognition fromEnterprise Ireland as a high-potential start-up, and was named best early-stage company at the Munster stage of the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition.

EIGHT people were killed and dozens injured yesterday when a speeding car with an 86-year-old man at the wheel veered out of control and ploughed through a crowded street market in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica.