As part of our Christmas charity initiative we asked our readers to share with us who is the most giving person in their life.

On a dank, grey evening, when even the rain couldn’t fall with any gusto, hundreds of diehard Cork fans slipped on their beloved red jerseys again and headed for the city centre to cheer on the boys for one last time this year.

A woman who got a job after returning to education in her early 40s fears that cuts at the college she studied at will deprive others of the same chance.