An Armagh man accused of having 20,000 cigarettes and 240 packets of loose tobacco for sale at the weekend in Cork without payment of duty told gardaí he was in Cork for a stag night but later said he was in the area for a road bowling match.

One of the country’s largest oil laundering plants has been put out of business.

Three people were today being questioned by detectives probing the murder of a man in a small border town.