The son of Irish emigrants, John Brennan was this week announced as Obama’s choice to head up the CIA. Caroline O’Doherty investigates

A GARDA whose nose was broken when he was punched by a man he had arrested following a fracas has been awarded €16,000 damages in the High Court.

A man in his 50s has become the latest fatality on the roads.

BRIAN KENNEALLY (Myhome.ie/BD BC) was rewarded for his courage with a sensational victory after riding clear of the breakaway group a mile from the finish of yesterday’s 91 mile second stage of the FBD Insurance RÁS from Templemore to Loughrea.

The body of a man pulled from the water of Lough Ree in Co Roscommon has been identified as Swiss national, Walter Borner, gardaí confirmed tonight.

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