AFTER PASSING one national test, star Irish swimmer Gráinne Murphy faces an examination of a different type this week.

Limerick High Performance Centre swimmer Grainne Murphy has won gold for Ireland in today's final of the 400 metres Individual Medley at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Prague.

The man blamed for a string of attacks including a fatal bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games stared defiantly as he was taken under heavy guard to be charged in North Carolina today.