After taking a chance, a West Cork teenager takes on the world at a top hairdressing competition today, but Ciarán O’Sullivan has not forgotten his roots, writes Louise McCarthy.

Ken McGrath has spoken of the depth of gratitude he feels towards those who supported him and his family as he battled back from a brain haemorrhage in 2013.

Ken McGrath is urging Waterford fans to get behind their team for Sunday’s replay after expressing disappointment at the low turnout in Thurles first time around.

Last month, Waterford hurling hero Ken McGrath underwent open heart surgery in Dublin and brother Eoin had never seen him as nervous: "I got the fright of my life because he was as white as a sheet."