A 72-year-old West Cork pharmacist was jailed for six months for egregious criminality carried out over several years to defraud the HSE of over €70,000.

A West Cork pharmacist pleaded guilty to 20 sample counts from a 174-count indictment of fraud involving sums totalling more than €70,000 over several years.

Former paper shop could be headline buy, writes Tommy Barker.

His time on the PGA EuroPro Tour may not have suited Michael McDermott but life as a PGA professional has helped him find happiness in achieving a good life-golf-work balance and enabled him to finally make his debut at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.

Love/Hate actor Stephen Clinch has been refused bail after he was charged with having a role in a €50,000 armed robbery at a hotel in Dublin city centre.

Kerry County Councillor and publican Danny Healy- Rae has been summonsed for allegedly having his public house at Main St, Kilgarvan, open after hours on two occasions.

A publican’s bid to have Allied Irish Banks wound up over non-payment of an alleged €40,380 debt has been dismissed by the High Court.

A car dealer who evaded paying €86,500 tax on high-end vehicles during the Celtic Tiger years has managed to avoid jail.

A man who toppled a 7ft high statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary from a pedestal in former convent grounds was yesterday jailed for criminal damage.

A judge yesterday warned a teenage father of one with alcohol and substance abuse problems to take responsibility for his own life and “stop the rot” of violence and criminality.

A garda previously based in Killarney has pleaded guilty to two counts of defilement of a child.

One of the highest number of enforcement orders in 10 years was dished out to cafés and restaurants last month, figures show.

A FORMER graveyard registrar has pleaded guilty to the theft and larceny of over €20,000 from Clare County Council in a “graves for sale” case.

A MASSIVE search for a 61-year-old man continued for 14 days last August in spite of the body already being recovered and in the morgue.

HE didn’t part the Red Sea, but Barack Obama did transform Dublin’s Dame St into a human river of hope — and for a nation so tired of being on its knees that was miracle enough.

THE first solicitor to be found guilty of overcharging child abuse victims for cases brought before the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) has been censured and fined a total of €5,000.