One of Europe’s premier stud farms, which was described in the Circuit Civil Court as a “five-star hotel for horses”, has settled a damages claim for an alleged unpaid fee against the former owners of a high-profile racehorse.

Gardaí were last night questioning a teenager in relation to the latest carjacking incident to take place in Dublin.

A woman and her two children were threatened by an armed robber this afternoon in a Dublin suburb when their vehicle was carjacked.