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Remarkably, and that is a word already used in this drama, the court accepted Michael Cleary’s plea of manslaughter. He was charged with the murder of his wife Bridget by burning her to death, but the jury accepted that Cleary had really believed that his wife had been transformed into a ‘changeling’ by the fairies; and it was only a concoction of herbs and fire that would release her from its spell.

The trial of a man accused of stabbing a 21-year-old man in Kilkenny city centre last week continues at Cloverhill District Court today.

A Kilkenny man was battling for his life in St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny last night following a stabbing incident in a city centre apartment on Wednesday night.

A woman who, when intoxicated, told a garda sergeant that she would get the IRA and SAS to shoot him, was convicted of being threatening and abusive at Ballina District Court.

Members of the joint policing committee in Westport were informed that events held in Westport during the year did not lead to an increase in public order incidents; in fact public order incidents in the town are down on this time last year.

THE GALWAY Omniplex has set up its own Facebook page, www.facebook.com/galwayomniplex. Liking the page will give you access to movie news, trailers, competitions, and information on upcoming releases.

Our photograph today was taken in Eyre Square in 1922, and shows the Connaught Rangers parading through the city on their last day in Galway. It is interesting to see them on horseback, on foot, and with bicycles. As you can see in the foreground, there is a long line of soldiers standing in front of the crowd, and there is what looks like a temporary reviewing stand on the far side of the street.

It was revealed yesterday (Thursday) that the so called Corrib ‘rape tape’ was tampered with and as a result the five gardaí at the centre of an investigation will not face criminal charges.

The Athlone man who pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening to kill or seriously harm the sister of murdered Limerick man Roy Collins, has been jailed for two years, with the final six months suspended.

THE GUARD is the new Irish comedy starring the great Brendan Gleeson as Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a small-town Irish policeman.