Caroline Hennessy makes a quick visit to Belfast to see just how much food she can pack into 24 hours.

Former Wexford hurling kingpins Buffers Alley face a fight against relegation following their 0-16 to 0-11 defeat by Rathnure in the county senior hurling championship at Enniscorthy.

The tradition of travelling theatrical troupes has been revived in Cork, writes Jo Kerrigan

CHAMPIONS Oulart-the-Ballagh crushed last year’s defeated finalists St Martin’s 3-21 to 1-8 in a one-sided Wexford senior hurling championship quarter-final played at Wexford Park on Saturday.

US MARINES and Afghan troops yesterday launched the first offensive since US President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold, a military spokesman said.