A round-up of today's other stories in brief.
Man charged over death of Polish man
A 21-year-old Polish man appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court last evening charged in connection with the death of a fellow countryman.
Stanislaw Stokowski, The Park, Lord Edward Street, Limerick, is charged with assaulting Mateusz Sabik (20) causing him harm, contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Persons Act, on September 30th last at Little Ellen Street, Limerick.
Mr Sabik formerly with an address at Alphonsus Street in Limerick city, died at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital last Monday just over a week after the alleged assault.
Judge Tom O'Donnell remanded the accused in custody until today so that a bails person could be approved and also to allow the defendant time to provide an address that would satisfy gardaí.
Mr Stokowski is due to appear before Limerick District Court again this morning.
Man's body found at base of cliff
Rescue services recovered the body of an elderly man from the base of a cliff near his holiday home in Co Clare yesterday.
The man was named locally as Pat Lusterring, originally from the area but who had moved to the US many years ago. The 81-year-old retired New York City fireman regularly visited his holiday home at Quilty. He arrived in Ireland last week for a break and was due to return to the US next Saturday.
Gardaí at Ennistymon have confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances and that they are treating the incident as a "sudden death."
Family of fisherman awarded €330,000
A settlement of €330,000 in damages was approved at the High Court yesterday for the family of a Co Donegal trawlerman who died aboard an Irish supertrawler five years ago.
Michael Noel McGuinness (49) died on October 12th, 2002, in a deck accident aboard the trawler Atlantic Dawn. Mr McGuinness was acting second mate.
Mr Justice Vivian Lavan was told that the cause of death was asphyxia and entanglement in machinery on board the Killybegs-owned trawler. He left a widow Ms Marian McGuinness and children.
The case was taken against Atlantic Dawn Ltd by Mr McGuinness's dependants. Yesterday, the parties agreed the settlement of €330,000, plus costs, which was approved by Mr Justice Lavan.
Man denies IRA membership
Gardaí saw a man accused of IRA membership on several occasions in the company of men already convicted of the same offence, the Special Criminal Court heard yesterday.
Joseph Clarke (37), Forestwood Close, Santry Avenue, Dublin, denies membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA on January 9th this year.
Det Sgt Tom Doran told Tom O'Connell SC, prosecuting, that on one occasion on October 26nd, 2006, he saw Mr Clarke in a car park beside the river in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, talking to other men convicted of subversive crimes.
He said that when he asked them what they were doing, Mr Clarke told him they were "doing some fishing." The trial before Mr Justice John McMenamin continues tomorrow.