Tributes have been paid to a football coach who was killed in a car crash on his way to a Women’s League of Ireland fixture at Tallaght Stadium.

On a day when safety appeals were made to coincide with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, two more Irish people lost their lives in car crashes.

A Clare builder was told by two individuals in a pub that he stood to make between €2,000 and €10,000 per week if he participated in an alleged Vat scam.

HEALTH inspectors criticised a north Cork nursing home for using restraints on a number of residents for extended periods.