Kidnappers who took a star greyhound from his kennel demanded a ransom, the trainer has revealed.

A man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of Shane Rossiter, who was shot dead in Tipperary in October.

THE detention of 14-year-old Brian Rossiter was “unlawful” and there was a “failure to investigate” all the circumstances surrounding his death, according to a statutory inquiry into the boy’s death.

THREE prisoners out on day release were arrested yesterday on suspicion of committing an armed robbery in the centre of Dublin.