A nine-year-old Belarussian girl has become the second generation of her family to be hosted in Kerry as a relief from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which took place 28 years ago.

KIERAN DONAGHY has decided to give the All-Star tour to Dubai a skip and make himself available for Irish basketball’s showpiece, on Sunday week, when Tralee’s Abrakebabra Tigers will be bidding to wrest the National Cup from UCC Demons.

ACTOR Gabriel Byrne is to extend to the US a campaign to clear the name of an Irish army lieutenant sacked without explanation more than 30 years ago.