Just 300 people showed up to a Canadian jobs fair in Cork which drew more than 10,000 jobseekers in Dublin at the weekend.

THE crowd is happy, the music is swirling, and two men jump up, pints of Guinness in hand, for a quick jig.

A woman who developed throat cancer from years of passive smoking while working as a barmaid was awarded record damages today in a landmark Australian court decision applauded by anti-smoking groups.