“A classic case of city thuggery” was how a sentencing judge yesterday described the actions of two thieves.

Two young men who were attacked and robbed in Cork City centre were terrified of being thrown into the river and yesterday one of the attackers was jailed for two years.

THE planned development of an addiction treatment centre on a remote part of the rugged Rathlin Island, off the coast of Co Antrim, will be a case of bringing it all back home to her father’s birthplace for one of Ireland’s top performers.

LIMERICK city centre has received another boost with confirmation yesterday that work on the massive Opera Centre development is to get underway in the new year.

LIMERICK is set to play host to a €200 million shopping centre that will be one of the biggest city-centre complexes in the country.