The Menu is buckling up and donning his super-elasticated, eating shorts for one of the true culinary heavyweight events — the 6th Savour Kilkenny Food Festival (Oct 25-29).

THIS GAME, either with boot or pen, has led me to many wonderful, exhilarating and uplifting games of Gaelic football.

THE Republic of Ireland U19 side begin preparations for the UEFA Championship qualifiers when they host the Clarion Hotels U19 Four Nations Tournament.

A High Court judge has decided that collapsed property company Laragon Developments should be wound up and go into liquidation.

The former Glanbia plant at Rooskey, Co Roscommon will become a €40m worth Business Park if plans for the site are approved.

THE combined losses of close to €13 million racked up by Lakeland Dairies over the past two years is a sharp reminder of the enormous change hitting the industry.

The National Birth Alliance has said the Hanly report will lead to a rise in roadside births.

An estimated 15,000 people have joined a demonstration in Nenagh, Co Tipperary to protest against the proposals contained in the Hanley Report on health reform.

A major new report on the staffing of Irish hospitals due out today will recommend radical changes in the operation of hospitals nationwide.

The long awaited Hanley Report into staffing levels and procedures within the Health service will be published next week.

YOUR editorial (July 22) was right to call on the Health Minister to publish the Hanley report into medical manpower.

CRISIS management is now the order of the day in a creaking health service where hospitals are so overcrowded and staff shortages so acute that overtime payments to nurses are running at almost €10 million for the first six months of 2003.

A SCATHING report detailing financial mismanagement by health boards, to be presented to Cabinet today, will back up the Government’s plan for a radical reform of the health service.