A 50-year-old Limerick taxi driver was yesterday found not guilty of threatening to kill a National Transport Authority (NTA) inspector after his vehicle failed a meter verification test.

Business owners in Clonakilty say the town is recovering nicely but they want their town council back, writes Noel Baker

Many tillage farmers faced a recovery operation when the weather improved.

Forget Jurassic Park, Cork people will get their own glimpse into prehistoric times when armour plated Indian rhinos arrive in Fota in the coming weeks.

“Parents are less likely to pack the kids into the car or onto the train to see their lot mauled in Croke Park, but a big game ‘down the road’ would get a greater footfall from the regions" writes Brendan O’Brien

Unlike The Honourable Mr Justice Horner, a lot of people made a rushed judgment about Casement Park on Monday morning, writes Paddy Heaney.

Waste companies show interest in €48m mothballed Bottlehill site

A disused food factory site is to become an attractive public market area in the centre of Tralee, Co Kerry.

More than 1,000 free parking spaces will be made available in Cork City in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to boost trade.

The HSE looks on course to run at least €100m over budget by the end of the year unless it starts slashes spending, data shows.

The scores and scorers from today's Division 1B action

WEDNESDAY’S Ictu vote may finally present the Government with a “formal” trade union position on Croke Park II, but what will it be worth if doctors, nurses, teachers, and gardaí are utterly opposed?

Wexford 0-16 Westmeath 4-12, Wexford Park

The restructuring of the promissory notes will yield the State €800m in savings through lower interest rate payments between this year and 2030, according to Davy Stockbroker economist Conall MacCoille.

A man will stand trial in England today accused of a public order offence after a bottle was thrown at the start of the men’s Olympic 100m final.

The concept of a high-profile championship or league game in the US could shortly be put to the GAA.

The Croke Park agreement is under renewed assault, this time from a major farming lobby group.

Q. What is the consultants/HSE row all about?

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore told his party that Ireland is no longer the sick man of Europe and has become its likeliest success story.

Celtic 2 Helsingborg 0 (Celtic win 4-0 on aggregate)

How could it be that a former Footballer of the Year doesn’t know what it is to bus it into enemy territory on a big match day?

It hasn’t been a bad season for Rob Kearney, even by his own high standards.

The education system cannot be funded by getting teachers to pay for it by cutting their pay and eroding working conditions, Teachers’ Union of Ireland president Bernie Ruane said.

Westmeath 1-15 Derry 0-10, Cusack Park

Tyrone and Fermanagh will meet again in Sunday's Reigning Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals, following the completion of the group stages tonight.

CLARE GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald believes if Cusack Park is to be recognised as a top flight county ground, refurbishment is required as it is “not up to scratch.”

CURRAHEEN PARK offers very competitive fare for patrons, but Castlelyons Dalo can reward punters by landing the nap in race five, which is the second semi-final of the Cork GOBA Christmas Party A3.

YOUR editorial (Nov 30) alleging disinterest from teachers on the country’s economic situation could not be further from the truth.

FERGUS FINLAY has, for the third week in a row, argued the case for a freeze on public service pay increments. While we don’t doubt the sincerity of his appeal for fairness and equity across all sections of society, his proposal would penalise the lowest paid in the public service, especially younger workers who are struggling most.

Arsenal today completed the signing of South Korea captain Park Chu Young from Monaco, subject to a formal registration process.

Twenty jobs have been created in Co Wicklow, it was announced today.

THE concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) ensured the world was safe from nuclear war during the Cold War as each side knew that pushing the red button would trigger the same response from their opponents.

A SCHOOL with a surplus of teachers because of falling student numbers was timetabling teachers for after-school sports instead of classes.

WE had yesterday a very worrying glimpse of how some very powerful groups have not yet accepted the great and pressing challenges facing the viability of this society.

There is good news on the jobs front in Co. Offaly this morning as 55 new posts are coming on stream at medical manufacturer Kelcourt Plastics in Tullamore.

THE exclusive five-star hotel operated by RTÉ’s “hotel experts”, John and Francis Brennan, returned to profit last year after two years of successive losses totalling over €400,000.

All-Ireland champions Cork ran out comfortable winners of their first competitive match of 2011, beating Waterford IT by 0-19 to 0-5 in the McGrath Cup.

THOMOND PARK chiefs last night revealed they may again cover the pitch with 140 bales of straw to ensure the pitch is playable for Munster’s Heineken Cup clash with Ospreys on Sunday.

EDUCATION services may have to be severely cut as a result of the Croke Park deal’s protection of public service wages, Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has warned.

OBJECTIONS against a €60 million investment on Cork city’s northside, at the old Sunbeam Wolsey site, have been rejected by An Bord Pleanála, clearing the way for a development which can cater for up to 3,000 jobs.

Cork dual star Eoin Cadogan will miss both National League Division One deciders after suffering a stress fracture to his foot that will see him sidelined for up to eight to 12 weeks.

GOWRAN PARK: 3.30 Pozyc; 4.40 Mazara; 5.15 Playboy Luke