WHILE delighted with the exposure given to paralympic sport (‘Irish paralympic cycling cash crisis’, Irish Examiners, January 24), the Paralympic Council of Ireland (PCI) would like to clarify a number of inaccuracies relating to funding granted to paralympic cycling in 2007.

WATERFORD City Council has partnered with Swimworld Ltd, a Galway-based water leisure company headed up by Joe Cosgrove, to deliver a major redevelopment project at Waterford Regional Sports Centre in Kilbarry.

A little slice of the Big Apple came to Dublin today as a film shoot transformed part of the city into a New York streetcape.

Irish theatre company Fishamble will bring its acclaimed production of Tadhg Stray Wandered In, by Michael Collins, to the Prague Fringe Festival from June 3 to June 6.

OFFALY'S Joe Errity yesterday announced his retirement from inter- county hurling.