He’s shown huge perseverance and taken every setback in his stride, whether it was losing a game to win a Grand Slam or lasting only a couple of minutes as the 2005 Lions captain or not making the final Test team on his last Lions tour. But those who know him well underline that Brian O’Driscoll always maintained his poise and dignity.

A JAPANESE chat-up line proved a winner for a teenager who began teaching himself the language three years ago to talk to a girl in his class.

CARLOW IT claimed the IRCU Division 1 title with a very impressive 30-17 win against Athlone IT at the CIT campus, Bishopstown yesterday evening.

One of four former public schoolboys tried in connection the death of an 18-year-old student was cleared today of manslaughter.

The principal of Blackrock College has told the Brian Murphy manslaughter trial that he met one of the accused and another former student the morning after the incident and they wrote down their versions of what happened.