A SUCCESSFUL career in politics requires ambition, determination, and a pretty thick skin. Stamina and an ability to focus on the tree rather than the branches seem prerequisites too.

SUCCESSFUL Irish food companies will share their expertise with a new generation of entrepreneurs in a mentoring initiative unveiled yesterday.

A SUCCESSFUL team of underage hurlers from Catholic and Protestant communities in Belfast may be the catalyst for the creation of cross community sides across Ulster.

A SUCCESSFUL youth café in Cork has been shut down on its first anniversary because of anti-social behaviour in the area.

If there was one consolation for England after being drawn with favourites Argentina in the ‘Group of Death’, it came with the knowledge they will have the inside track on their South American opponents.