Christians advanced to the semi-finals of the Clayton Hotel Munster Schools Junior Cup with a comprehensive victory over St Munchin’s at Musgrave Park.

CASTLEHAVEN clubman Michael Hurley put Cork IT to the sword with a sensational exhibition of point scoring – he hit a total of 0-12, half of his tally coming from open play - as Pat Critchley's side emerged worthy six point victors of this fast-flowing Sigerson Cup 2nd round tie at the IT Carlow grounds last night.

A few years ago a GAA club official was complaining to me about another sport, and its insidious hold on his players - its pernicious influence, its seductive siren song, tempting them away from righteousness.

Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France Flight 447 victims, injuries that – along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic – strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts say.

A BURST of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device, but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said.

A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 before it crashed into the Atlantic includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device, an expert said.