Veteran industrial relations negotiator Peter McLoone will mediate talks between the FAI and Siptu on August 9 to try avoid a full Labour Court hearing on a staff pay claim.

THE names represent a strange amalgam between a culture that is as old as the Blasket Islands themselves and a comparatively new fashion — Rattoo Rovers, Asdee Rovers, Lenamore Rovers, Tralee Dynamos and Killarney Celtic to name but a few.

Dr. James McDaid, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation announced