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Christopher Fitzsimons (40), described in court as “a wolf in sheep's clothing”, was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury last July of all 22 counts against him relating to the three complainants, including 18 counts of raping one of the girls over an 13-month period.

There were outbreaks among turkey flocks in the likes of Carlow and Meath last month.

Last year, turkeys started from around 13 euro at one supermarket chain, but prices at a number of retailers like Tesco and SuperValu are already higher this season - with a 9-kilo bird selling for 49 euro.

Louis Heterich of Heterich's butchers says that thanks to modern marketing technology, new businesses can sell across the country, no matter their base