A MAN has been convicted of attacking a man and a small child as they went to buy ice cream.

THE Kieran Lynch trained Elegant Rumble claimed his place in the semi-final of the Guinness Trophy when winning the run-off at Curraheen Park yesterday morning.

THE publication of the two reports into the banking crisis means next week’s vote of confidence in the Taoiseach is in fact a vote on the economic stewardship of successive FF/PD governments.

AS WE settle into 2010, the Government assures us “the worst is over” and we have “turned the corner”.

Gardai are now investigating two further deaths in the Cork area, bringing to four the number of fatalities inside 24 hours.