Oireachtas na Samhna will draw thousands of people to Co Kerry this weekend for the Gaelic social event of the year, writes Pet O’Connell.

Stock markets worldwide were gripped by fear today as London’s FTSE 100 Index endured its worst week since the Black Monday crash of 1987.

AROUND 30 bikers from Cork are set to be escorted through Paris by motorcycle gendarmes as part of a charity drive.

THE exploits of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s only son have often come under scrutiny over the years.

PAT McQUAID, now one of the most powerful cycling administrators in the world, has come to the defence of Stephen Roche in what he has described as an attempt to besmirch the Tour de France winner's character.