A FORMER postman who masterminded a “staggering” £20 million (€29.2m) family-run cheque fraud from his council house was jailed for six-and-a-half years yesterday.

A footballer was given a 30-year ban for headbutting the referee during at an amateur soccer match.

Dozens of loyalists mounted a demonstration outside a new apartment block in south Belfast last night in protest at the fact that Catholics were moving into the building.

Aidan Quinn is set to start shooting on Return to Sender, alongside Connie Neilsen in Billy August's new film.

QUEST FOR A STAR, a useful sort when trained on the flat by John Oxx, can get off the mark over flights at the second time of asking in the Thurles Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary tonight.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Statue Of Liberty could make his eagerly-awaited seasonal debut in Wednesday’s Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Vinnie Roe returned to winning ways with victory in Listed company at Leopardstown yesterday as he formed part of a hat-trick for trainer Dermot Weld and jockey Pat Smullen.