One of longest standing records in the history books could go today at the Irish Life Health/Munster Schools T&F at Cork IT if 16-year-old Darragh McElhinney maintains the brilliant form he has shown this season.

Technology whizzkids from Cork were among the big winners at this year’s Eir Junior Spider Awards.

A north Cork teenager, this week, is heading to Russia with dreams of Olympic gold of a different kind.

Members of the public may be asked to volunteer as safety wardens outside a number of schools in Cork county.

TDs and senators are to send recommendations to Education Minister Ruairi Quinn from campaigning teenagers who want a junior cycle course to raise awareness on human trafficking.

A large secondary school in Co Cork is to undergo a €5.5m extension which will enable it to more than double its original intake of pupils.

There is more than glory for their schools spurring on student teams preparing to do battle with their robots later this week.

The founder of the Missing in Ireland Support Service hopes to establish a missing persons alliance next year to ease the burden on families experiencing the sudden disappearance of a loved one.

With a display of powerful running, Sean Tobin removed two of the longest standing records from the books at the Munster Schools Championships which took place at the Cork IT Athletics Stadium.

Students from Co Meath who hope to educate teenagers nationwide about organ donation were yesterday named as the Young Social Innovators of the Year 2013.

George Bernard Shaw once said that youth is wasted on the young.

A group of north Cork students has traded the Rebel County for Orange County this week as they carry the green flag into a world robotics competition in California.

Images of suspected child abductors and missing children may be flashed up on social networking and media sites as part of a new emergency child rescue system.

A child abduction alert system is to be set up inthe coming weeks followed soon after by a dedicated national helpline.

A group of Cork students who have been campaigning to establish a national day for missing people were last night named as Young Social Innovators of the year 2012.

A GROUP of Cork students who played a leading role in raising awareness of suicide among young people in their community were last night named as Young Social Innovators of the Year 2011.

AN entire class from a Cork school who designed a holder for charging mobile phones were among the winners of the national final of the Student Enterprise Awards.

PATRICK MAHER (Davis College, Mallow), who has the national junior 400m hurdles record and qualification for the world junior championships under his belt, will bid for a double in the 400m hurdles and 400m flat at the Munster Schools Championships at the CIT Track in Bishopstown on Saturday.

PATRICK MAHER (Davis College, Mallow) will compete in both the 400m and 400m Hurdles at the Munster schools championships in a week’s time after a one lap cruise at the second session of the South Munsters at the CIT Track in Bishopstown yesterday.

EDMUND O’HALLORAN (St Francis College, Rochestown) wants to join his Leevale clubmate, Patrick Maher, at the world junior championships in Canada and yesterday he took another step towards fulfiling his ambition when he got his schools campaign off to a flyer with an emphatic victory in the 110m hurdles at the South Munster Schools championships at the Cork IT Track in Bishopstown.

MARATHON man Martin Fagan believes he can land a medal at the European Championships if he is selected for the showpiece event.

TEENAGERS in Mallow are taking action to get their town back to work.

THE sister of the 26-year-old school teacher who died following an alleged assault in Ennis on St Stephen’s night has described her brother “as a role model, inspiring son and loyal friend”.

BRIAN GREGAN (St Mark’s, Tallaght) added his name to Patsy McGonagle’s 4 x 400m relay squad when he smashed the record with a run of 47.49 seconds at the Leinster Schools championships at Morton Stadium.

THE final of the intermediate boys’ hurdles will provide the closest and possibly the most exciting finish of the day at the KitKat Munster Schools track and field championships at the UL track in Limerick tomorrow when Patrick Maher (Davis College, Mallow) and Edmund O’Halloran (St Francis College, Rochestown) renew rivalry.

AN apprentice training centre for mechanics is to be closed down after being allocated more than €300,000 of taxpayers’ money in the past two years for new equipment.

THE first of several possible championship clashes between Kerry and Cork this year takes place at Dunmanway, Co. Cork tomorrow in the Munster inter-county vocational schools SFC final (2.30).