FORMER Munster and Ireland rugby player Eddie Halvey has been given a seven-month suspended sentence and disqualified from driving for seven years after pleading guilty to careless driving and drink driving following a road crash which claimed the life of a 16-year-old boy in 2006.

THE general secretary of the Irish Farmers’ Association, Michael Berkery, yesterday announced his intention to retire from the position he has held for 25 years.