EDUCATED and softly spoken, ruthless Eamon Dunne was the country’s most violent and feared gangland figure, personally responsible for ordering at least 17 gangland hits.

MEN are suckers. Just ask Niamh Coughlan, 15, from Portmarnock, Co Dublin and fellow Dubliner, Grace Bergin, 14, from Malahide who managed to gather a dream collection of autographs from the European players by using the age old method of flattery.

A LEADING motorcycle racer was one of five people killed on the country’s roads over the weekend.

An Irish grandmother was today preparing to ride 2,448 miles across the US on the back of a Harley Davidson.