THERE’s no clear favourite for the title of Cork Person of the Year but, according to the bookies, five people — including a sporting father and son — are definitely in the running.

LAST week witnessed the death of Fr Daniel Dargan, the Jesuit who directed the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association (PTAA) from 1957-’77.

THE Catholic Church in Cork will celebrate its first multi-lingual Mass this weekend to mark the feast of Pentecost.

I WISH to congratulate RTÉ and the participating historians for its recent Hidden History series, in particular the Burning of Cork programme.

ALCOHOL advertising in sport could be outlawed within three years to help eliminate high levels of drink abuse by teenagers.

A SPECIALIST garda division must be set up to tackle the growing problem of alcohol abuse, an abstinence group said yesterday.

The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association has called on Ireland’s political parties to make the culture of binge drinking an election issue.