A drug addict who sold cannabis for a drug dealer was granted garda clearance to travel to China to teach English while he awaited his trial, a court heard.

Situated just 1km north of the small hamlet of Kilbane and about equidistant (5km) from the villages of Broadford and Bridgetown, a 54-acre holding in south-east Co Clare represents very good value for a substantial parcel of ground that can be put to multiple uses.

A man whose body was found trapped in a cage last Saturday in the River Shannon died helping to keep others safe, mourners were told at his funeral Mass yesterday.