A 26-year-old Dublin man has appeared in court charged with attacking a mother of three - who remains in a serious condition at Beaumont Hospital.

DEAN DOWNING (Britain Rapha Condor Sharp) claimed the first An Post Rás raceleader’s yellow jersey when he edged out Sam Bennett(Belgium An Post M. Donnelly Grant Thornton Sean Kelly) in a ferocious bunch sprint into Portumna yesterday.