A man was ordered to do anger management as he was given a suspended 18-month term yesterday for harassing his wife in 2015.

At the height of a series of harassing and threatening phone calls, a Kanturk man told his wife that she should order a coffin.

Gardaí and road safety groups are bracing themselves for the forthcoming August Bank Holiday weekend after six people died within 24 hours on Saturday.

Gardaí have confirmed a fourth person was killed in a separate road accident in the Irish Republic this weekend.