Irish-based businesses are recruiting and expanding across a wide range of sectors. Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

It was all a bit last-minute but Pope Francis had something important to do before saying Mass in the Phoenix Park. He had to go to confession.

Declan O’Donovan beat John Young by almost a bowl in the Tim White Cup final at Rosscarbery.

Christy Mullins beat Gary Daly by almost a bowl in the Paddy Barry Cup final at Rosscarbery on Saturday.

Raymond Ryan beat John Shorten by a bowl in the Flor Crowley Cup final at Ballinacurra on Saturday.

Chris Murray bowled with great dash and confidence in his win over Eoin O’Riordan in the Munster Junior C final at Newcestown on Saturday.

John Shorten’s name is the first on the Johnny Holland Cup after a line-to-line win over Wayne Callanan and Killian Kingston at Bauravilla on Sunday.

John Creedon and Aidan Murphy were the big winners over the weekend.

Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney is All-Ireland senior champion for the first time since 2001 following a determined and focused finish that denied Kelly Mallon the three-in-a-row at Markethill Road in Tassagh.

Limerick 6-21 Laois 1-11

Laois 0-19 Wexford 5-12

Laois watched a 10-point second half lead disappear at Casement Park as Antrim snatched victory with two injury time points in the Belfast sunshine yesterday.

Antrim 2-18 Laois 2-16

Brian Wilmot maintained his perfect senior championship record by beating David Murphy in the last shot in Pool C at Templemartin on Saturday.

Offaly 1-27 Laois 0-18

Joe Canning fired Galway into the Walsh Cup final and past a lacklustre Laois in a sodden Duggan Park in Ballinasloe yesterday.

Teddy McCarthy’s Laois hurling fortunes received another boost yesterday as his new charges battled to a three point Walsh Cup quarter-final victory over injury-ravaged Dublin in O’Moore Park.

A Scottish university is set to run a course about comic book characters.

Down 3-15 Laois 3-11

Laois 0-20 Antrim 0-16

Laois 2-16 Wexford 1-16

There was a clean sweep of home victories in the Walsh Cup this afternoon, with the hurlers of Laois, Kilkenny, Dublin and Galway taking wins.

Recently-appointed Laois senior hurling manager Brendan Fennelly has announced his 28-man panel for the 2011 campaign.

The Ireland senior and U-21 squads have been named for this Saturday's Hurling-Shinty international matches at Croke Park and Ratoath respectively.

Irish trainer Steve Mahon was fined £2,100 (€3,106) by the Jockey Club disciplinary panel today.

Coursing Run, who has disappointed on occasions in the past, put his best foot forward to win the Crudwell Cup at Warwick today.

Federal regulators in Washington are looking at making a pre-emptive strike against web surfers who share digital television shows across the internet.

An American Airlines plane made an unscheduled landing at Washington’s Dulles International Airport after a threatening note was found aboard, according to airport officials.