A Traveller organisation has condemned the actions of those involved in a violent brawl which broke out at an annual cemetery Mass in Co Laois last Sunday describing them as “appalling”

The four defendants each pleaded guilty before Limerick District Court to failing to follow an enforcement order from Limerick City and County Council

A Donegal hotel has been ordered to pay €5,000 to a Traveller who was able to book a room under a fictitious name after originally having a reservation in his own name cancelled on the basis that no accommodation was available