A soccer coach suffered a triple fractured jaw and feared for his life after he was confronted by a group including Republic of Ireland football star Jeff Hendrick, a court has heard.

YOUNG people throughout Ireland are fired up about the situation in Iraq like never before on any issue. They have joined protests in their thousands and have spoken passionately and emotionally against the war and the use of Shannon airport. It has politicised young people in a way that has not been known for decades.