Students who recorded a hit single for a school friend fighting cancer have raised a phenomenal €51,000 for charity.

Ostatnia continued trainer Willie McCreery’s rich vein of form when foiling trail-blazing top-weight Chiclet in the five-furlong Follow Tipperary On Facebook Handicap in Tipperary yesterday.

The Shay Barry-trained De Bene Esse hinted that a bright track career lies in wait by readily putting his rivals to the sword in the five-year-old geldings’ maiden at yesterday’s Bandon point-to-point meeting, run under the auspices of the Carbery Foxhounds at Kilpatrick.

Eye specialists are urging people to get their eyes tested on a regular basis.

Firms in the UK are becoming more cautious about hiring staff although the employment outlook continues to keep its head above water, according to two new studies.

Mark Cahill is a 16-year-old entrepreneur with an idea that manages to balance fashion sense with cost-cutting cuteness.

ALL-IRELAND winning Dublin manager Pat Gilroy caused some surprise by confirming he won’t be replacing his retired deputy Mickey Whelan.

WESTMEATH’S Leinster club SFC hoodoo was broken in dramatic circumstances by substitute Conor Cosgrove’s injury-time winning free in Tullamore yesterday.

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St Brigid's (Dublin) 2-16 Portlaoise (Laois) 1-15 (aet), Parnell Park

A SIX point victory hid a multitude of St Brigid’s sins as the Dublin champions turned in a storming finale to book their Leinster Club SFC semi-final spot at Parnell Park, Dublin, yesterday.

CLASS easily overcame courage in Navan where the quality of Dublin champions St Brigid’s shone through to secure a Leinster club SFC quarter-final spot.

WHEN Gerry McEntee strides out to patrol the Páirc Táilteann sideline tomorrow it will be a homecoming in more ways than one.

IT was billed as the crowning moment of a sensational season for the Brogan brothers but, in the end, a little known substitute for St Brigid’s stole the show.

ST BRIGID’S manager Mark Byrne conceded he thought his team were dead and buried at half-time of this Dublin SFC semi-final on Saturday.

STEPHEN CLUXTON’S participation in the International Rules series looks increasingly questionable after Parnells qualified for the Dublin SFC quarter-finals following yesterday’s 1-18 to 2-9 extra-time win over St Sylvester’s in Swords.

The Government was accused today of doing nothing to tackle incidences of blindness despite predictions that cases will soar 170% over the next 25 years.

JT MCNAMARA and Damian Murphy both partnered doubles at the Muskerry Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Dromahane yesterday.

British firms are more optimistic about recruiting staff in the New Year than at any time since 1998, a new report showed today.