Ian O’Sullivan, 21, is the rising star of clay pigeon shooting. He won junior gold at the 2014 World Championships, European junior bronze a year later and was sixth in the 2017 European Senior Championships. Since graduating from Limerick IT last summer (businesss and sports management), he combines training with working in the family business in Rathkeale.

Four men remain in custody in Dublin this morning following a crackdown on car theft.

Gardaí have recovered four cars that were stolen during recent burglaries in the greater Dublin area.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) is to spend €200,000 on signs to direct motorists to services in towns and cities in response to criticism over the lack of service stations and lay-bys on the country’s motorway network.

Gardaí in north Co Dublin are investigating the discovery of a pipe bomb and a rifle in a field in north Co Dublin yesterday evening.