The father of a teenage soccer player, whose claim against his former club for psychological injury was dismissed yesterday, has said he would take the case again if he had his time over.

A soccer player with cross-channel ambitions is suing his former club for post-traumatic stress disorder for being excluded from a team as a 13 to 14-year-old.

A mother has appealed for the safe return of her 14-year-old daughter who UK police believe has disappeared with a 35-year-old convicted fraudster.

Seven men pleaded guilty yesterday to their involvement in a two-part brawl after a house party in Carrigaline, Co Cork, last year.