A teenager responsible for killing a family's beloved cat and seriously injuring six others during a shooting spree has been jailed.

A leading Munster and Ireland rugby man is highest bidder on a fine family home in recent months on Cork city’s Blackrock Road — now, another top offer comes along to join the select scrum of suburban homes up for grabs.

A man who fled to Britain with the wealthy widow of a banker he is now accused of killing threatened the children of the lawyer prosecuting him, a court heard.