A motorcyclist was killed in a accident in Dublin yesterday.

A judge has criticised the process used by gardaí to issue speeding fines as "bureaucracy gone mad" and said that district courts have unfairly been targeted for criticism by a government minister for "systemic failures".

THE ESB has been urged to improve safety in relation to pylons following the death of a 20-year-old man who was electrocuted after he received a shock from a pylon on the southside of Cork city.