A nephew of a 73-year-old shopkeeper, whose premises has been raided three times in the last two months, yesterday pleaded for the return of gardaí to rural areas.

People might be sceptical of the ghost hunter clubs springing up all over the country but, according to some of Ireland’s top paranormal investigators, their supernatural adventures are far from hocus pocus.

A cyclist in his 50s died when he was hit by a car last night.