A Circuit Court judge had a book thrown at him in court yesterday by a disgruntled man who lost his appeal against a conviction for harassing a garda.

A man banned under the Sex Offenders Act from entering school buildings was caught at a girl’s secondary school asking about how he could access the area for "18-to- 22-year-olds".

Amid fears of an escalation of a Traveller feud in Kerry, the county’s most senior garda officer has warned that violent behaviour will not be tolerated.

A 69-year-old man banned under the Sex Offenders Act from entering school buildings was brought before Cork District Court yesterday charged with contravening the order by entering a school at lunchtime last week.

The Menu has been getting great pleasure this week from a baker’s cookbook, even successfully attempting a heretical substitution of buttermilk with red wine vinegar in his soda bread — and the roof didn’t fall in! — so will be taking to the high seas once more in search of sustenance.