A deputy state pathologist has told the trial of a FÁS worker accused of murdering a woman in Co Clare two years ago that the cause of death was manual strangulation.

A man will appear in court in Co Clare again next week charged with the murder of Deirdre McCarthy.

Armed robbers have held up a travel agency forcing staff to hand over thousands of pounds worth of sterling and other currencies, police said today.

Gardaí in Galway are renewing their appeal for witnesses to a car crash at Glenascaul on Thursday in which a 22-year-old man lost his life.

Three teenagers were killed in a road accident in the Castlereagh area of east Belfast, police said today.

I WRITE in connection with the closure of Whitechurch Post Office in Co Cork. There was no notice, no apology and no expression of concern for the inconvenience caused.

I WISH to complain about the lack of facilities available to teenagers in the Bantry area. We hold a Foroige club each Tuesday night between 7.30 and 9.00 and a disco every second Friday night. For these facilities we have to pay. The problem is many teenagers don’t have the money.