A man whose son had just been given a jail sentence was approached by a 68-year-old man who pretended that the sentenced man had actually been granted bail by the High Court and told them they should hand over €4,000 cash recognizance to him.

A 25-hour wait by a 101-year-old Co Clare grandmother on a trolley at the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been described as "inhumane, deplorable, and disgraceful".

A large-scale search has been launched in Co Clare after a second young man was reported missing.

AS Kieren Fallon was being grilled yesterday by City of London detectives experienced in fraud investigation, his friends in Clare were painting a different picture of the volatile but supremely skilled horseman.