Munster Express Online

Every current and retired member of An Garda Siochana will, no doubt, be following with interest a rather unusual court case heard in Circuit Civil Court in Dublin last week.

I loved the story last week about the Rathvilly, County Carlow, woman who died in 2009 and is ‘haunting’ her home every day but in a way that her family thoroughly approves of and enjoys!

Many people were shocked last week to hear that that the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association may fold at the end of this year as it is in financial difficulty.

The news that Revenue inspectors have commenced door-to-door enquiries in selected locations across the country.

The church chalice used in one of the most infamous exorcisms in this country has been recovered following its theft from a church in County Wexford.

The rather unusual behaviour of a man who appeared at Portlaoise District Court last week caused more than a little consternation.

The mystery of ‘The Missing Postman’ is one of the great urban stories in County Waterford.

Over the years we have run some tongue-in-cheek stories about ghosts haunting the Quay of Waterford but, in Kilkenny, they take the matter very seriously and a group of enthusiasts claims to have established that ghosts do exist and that there are several of them residing in the city’s Kyteler’s Inn which is situated in Kieran Street.

Like many people who grew up with the music of the 1960s, and especially that of Bob Dylan, I felt a deep pang of sadness at the news last week that Suze Rotolo had died at the age of 67.