A father has failed in his discrimination case against his son’s primary school over the school’s refusal to take his 11-year old son on a school tour.

Spending restrictions were placed on an outdoor education centre after it was punished for allowing “bad practices” to feed a serious deficit problem.

After picking up their second away point of the season last weekend, Cork City FORAS Co-op will go in search of victory against Mervue United tomorrow night (Turner’s Cross, 7.45pm).

WE live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.