Two men were arrested today in the North after a seven-hour stand-off with armed police ended peacefully.

He was billed as the great white hope. But Catherine Shannon says Professor Aidan Halligan’s decision to turn down the opportunity to reform the health service is an embarrassment for the Government.

HE’S principal of Scoil Mhuire, North Mon secondary school in Cork, he also happens to be manager of the Cork senior hurling team, but Donal O’Grady could be a Jesuit.

HE already fronts one of the world’s biggest bands but music buffs think Bono has what it takes to front the greatest ever rock line-up.