The trial of a man and a woman accused in connection with a serious assault which resulted in the victim losing his one remaining eye has continued in legal argument in the absence of the jury.

MAYO will head into the championship fray in Markievicz Park this evening without their inspirational captain Fergal Costello.

UP to 100 badly decomposed cat and dog carcasses have been found in bags dumped in a ditch in Co Kilkenny.

Thousands of concert goers are expected to travel to Kilkenny where music legend, Bob Dylan, is billed to headline his only concert in the UK or Ireland of the year.