ROARING WATER RIVER WALK, WEST CORK

A Meath resident accused of robbery and false imprisonment has admitted he lied to gardaí, but not "purposely", when questioned over whether he knew a van was travelling in convoy behind him.

TWO more deaths on the country’s roads in less than 24 hours has brought the total killed so far in 2009 to 141, which compares with 156 on the same date last year.

A man who took €71,000 from the back an unlocked ATM machine has been given a three years sentence by Judge Patrick McCarten at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.