Ambitious plans for a brewery and whiskey distillery outside Killarney, Co Kerry, are under appeal to Bord Pleanála on the grounds of “fire-water retention”.

A late night escapade involving two men, a woman, and a teenage girl escalated into a fierce confrontation after they tried to raid the home of a detective superintendent, Limerick Circuit Court heard yesterday.

A CAR dealership agreed to reimburse customers following an investigation by consumer watchdogs into second-hand “clocked” cars with false mileage.