Saunter around Croke Park before throw-in on match day and you will invariably come across photographers and cameramen harvesting some of the tribal colour with shots of fans funnelling into GAA Headquarters.

The Cork footballers don’t draw a crowd even when they’re at home. Who are the supporters, then, who follow them even to Donegal and Derry? Michael Moynihan met one of the diehards

Australian tourism officials shortlisted 200 applicants out of nearly 35,000 who submitted video applications for a dream job as caretaker of a tropical island.

Tourism officials in Australia’s Queensland state have been inundated with applications for what they’re billing as the Best Job in the World – a 150,000 Australian dollar (€75,475) contract to relax on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months.

New Athlone Town boss Michael O'Connor has wasted little time in moulding his team for the upcoming 2006 league campaign.