Fionnuala McCormack will have to overcome her Turkish nemesis at the European Cross Country Championships in Chia, Italy, tomorrow.

Michaela Walsh once again ensured the field events took centre stage at the GloHealth National Junior and U23 Championships in Tullamore on Saturday, the Swinford thrower scoring a double in the junior women’s shot put and hammer.

A firm of insurance brokers is entitled to damages against a Cork-based firm of solicitors over negligent handling of litigation, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The amount of damages will be decided later by the High Court.

Limerick’s Myles Casey advanced to within one win of becoming the first St Francis BC boxer since Jimmy Moore and current WBO World middleweight champion Andy Lee to claim an Elite title last night.

One of the country’s leading nursing home groups, CareChoice, has been acquired by a leading UK investment firm in a multi-million euro deal. Emerald Investment Partners Ltd closed the €33m deal for the Cork-headquartered firm on Wednesday, market sources said.

Data showing drink and food exports rose 9% in the first six months of 2013 should be carefully analysed.

From Oscar nods to BAFTA nominations, Irish animation is going through a golden age.

THE High Court is hearing a €17.6 million damages for negligence claim by an insurance brokerage against eight solicitors in the firm of Coakley Moloney Solicitors, South Mall, Cork.

IRELAND and Iceland are seeking to fuel their hard-hit economies and exploit their position on the western edge of Europe with new data centres to be connected via a new, $300 million (€223m) transatlantic telecoms cable by 2013.

THE Mahon Tribunal has become one of the great fault lines of our society: you either support it or regard it as a waste of time and money.