DERVAL O’ROURKE’S performance in Chaux du Fonds, Switzerland, on Sunday is all the more impressive considering she is right in the middle of a hard block of training, according to her coach, Sean Cahill.

FOUR tonnes of fireworks will explode over Cork in a 15-minute burst of colour, marking the end of the city’s 2005 European Capital of Culture celebrations.

Europe’s elite clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, today vowed to boycott the World Club Championship next year despite an effort by FIFA to slim down the competition.