A seven-year-old girl bitten on the stomach and arm by a dog near her home was awarded €38,000 in compensation at the High Court in Cork yesterday.

A young woman who stole rings valued at €60,000 from her mother and stole more rings from her grandmother was given a suspended two-year jail sentence yesterday.

TOM COOPER (Letters, January 14) outlined some peculiar reasons for opposing an expected royal visit to the Republic by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth.