ONE shy of first place in 2006, Dundalk was not to be outdone this time around in its quest to capture the title of cleanest town in Ireland.

A TEAM of chefs will tomorrow prepare half a tonne of prime fillet beef for the 1,500 guests who will join JP and Noreen McManus to celebrate the marriage of their only daughter, Sue Ann.

THE 1,500 guests who will attend the lavish wedding of JP McManus’s only daughter Sue Ann next Saturday have been told “no presents please”.

CELEBRITY and charity blended in perfect harmony when The Corrs picked up an honorary MBE.

The Corrs have received honorary MBEs from England's Queen Elizabeth in recognition of their contribution to music and their charity work.

John Hughes, musician and Manager of The Corrs will be presented with the Meteor Industry Award at the 2005 Meteor Ireland Music Awards, hosted by Ed Byrne in The Point on Thursday, 24th February.

The Corrs are heading out on their UK tour without sister Caroline Corr, who has just given birth to her second child.

THE CORRS could be set to top polls of a political rather than musical variety with the release of the band’s new album, Borrowed Heaven.

The two expletive-laden singles which graphically describe the downfall of a relationship are topping the UK singles chart for yet another week.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is due to light the torch at the opening ceremony for this year's Special Olympics, which will take place in Ireland this June.

FANS of chart stars The Corrs have tried to fiddle an internet poll to find the world’s sexiest woman.

By Mark Evans A BRAVE little girl who saved her father’s life revealed last night: “I was nervous and scared but it came as second nature to me.”

Pop star Jim Corr today became the latest of a string of celebrities and politicians to voice opposition to a nuclear shipment which is due to arrive in Sellafield within weeks.

Caroline Corr has married Dublin-based property developer Frank Woods in Majorca.

POP goddess Caroline Corr, who is to wed her property developer fiance Frank Woods on the Spanish island of Majorca today, will return to Dublin on Saturday with her new husband to host a celebrity reception for friends and family.

The Corrs have joined the postcard campaign urging the British government to close the MOX plant at Sellafield.

The Corrs have performed a charity concert for The Prince of Wales Trust.

The Corrs are tonight staging a fund-raising concert in the city where their mother died 14 months ago.