A Tralee man denied murdering another man in the town two years ago and today a trial commenced where it was claimed that the accused struck the deceased several times with a slash hook.

THE schoolgirl who died in a road accident at the weekend was one of seven teenagers packed into a tiny Volkswagen Polo, gardaí confirmed yesterday.

SANTA’S GROTTO is coming to Mayo - but Father Christmas has to set up shop in a building that town councillors were told was not fit for public use.