Emigration is a topic so often tinged with sadness and regret but from sunny San Diego, California, comes news of an Irishman turning adversity into the hope of fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Members of Sean Quinn's family are to apply for the removal of the receiver appointed over their multimillion euro assets, claiming they perceive a conflict of interest.

Matthew Brammeier’s appeal to be included for selection in the three-man Ireland Olympic road race team has been unsuccessful.

THE curtain came down on another basketball extravaganza in Castleisland last night, their 42nd consecutive blitz, at a packed Castleisland Community Centre.

Irish paralympic sprinter Jason Smyth, from Eglinton in Derry, broke his own 100m (T13 category* for visually impaired athletes) world record in his first competitive start of the season yesterday recording a time of 10.85 seconds.

A MOTHER sobbed quietly in a courtroom yesterday as her husband recalled the horror moment when an A&E doctor told him their only son had died from injuries received in a soccer camp accident.

RONAN McGARRITY will be back in the starting five when Merry Monk Ballina travel to Neptune Stadium on Sunday to renew rivalry with Neptune in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague.

THE parents of a Limerick schoolboy who died when a goalpost fell on him have expressed concern that dangerous sports equipment is still being used, despite yesterday’s launch of new safety standards for goalposts.

A LIMERICK couple whose only child was killed in a freak soccer accident when a moveable goalpost crashed down on him welcomed proposals to prevent a similar accident.

SCHOOLS have received funding to replace unsafe goalposts and prevent injuries and deaths following a number of accidents in recent years.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest at Limerick's Coroners Court this afternoon of a schoolboy killed when a goalpost fell on him.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed to death by a man he had been drinking with at his home, a murder trial heard yesterday.

AN 18-year-old hurler who collapsed and died during a junior hurling final in Cork last Friday will be buried today.

FINE GAEL called on the Government last night to make a 15-month-old report and guidelines on goal post safety available to the public.

TARGET netting similar to that involved in the death of a 10-year-old boy on Thursday will not be used in FAI-run soccer camps in the “immediate future”.

THE great grandfather of a boy who died last year after being hit by a falling crossbar has called for a campaign to make goalposts safer.

The Football Association of Ireland today banned the use of a net cover used in soccer camps all over the country, following a freak accident yesterday, in which a 10-year-old boy died.

A 35-year-old man has appeared before Limerick District Court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city.

DART Killester have lodged a protest over the refereeing of last weekend’s tie against Star of the Sea, but coach Mark Ingle said yesterday there was no question of seeking a replay or anything like that.