Seán Hurley, from Drinagh, was Michael Collins’ brother-in-law and they were also good friends while working in the civil service in London. Hurley then got a job in the fabled Harrods store before he was called back to Dublin, alongside Collins, writes Ray Ryan

The Church of Ireland has appointed its first ever female Bishop.

They might have won an All-Ireland title after Sunday’s final replay win over Dublin, but for some of the Tipperary minor side the celebrations have had to be cut short.

Two Ghanaian men took their first vows yesterday in a multicultural religious ceremony in Kerry yesterday.

The acclaimed Augustine’s restaurant in Cork city is closing down despite its renown among critics and customers.

ST AUGUSTINE is the patron saint of brewers, printers, (what a convenient pairing) theologians, the alleviation of sore eyes, and, as you would expect of the man credited with shaping the concepts of original sin and a just war, a number of cities and dioceses.

Sigourney Weaver has hinted she may return to 'Avatar 2'.

Fr James Good admires Jennifer Sleeman’s stand on women, but sees no purpose in a Mass boycott, he tells Dan Buckley.

A Preparation for Death

ALLOW me as the Presbyterian minister in Cork to make some comments on Steven King’s stimulating account of John Calvin (August 19).

IT would be nice if all intellectual differences could be resolved by fiat.

SLAIN teenager Derek Cumiskey’s blessing going to heaven will be his ability to see all Manchester United games without a ticket.

Riley Boys, who is owned by a Hull flower seller, was back in bloom at Beverley yesterday after James Given's charge took the feature race of the day at odds of 7-1.

Jockey Tony Hamilton was in top form at Beverley with a near 63-1 double in the first two races of the day.

BRIGHTON handler Gary Moore was in double form at Lingfield as he struck with a 31-1 brace courtesy of Ameeq and Turner’s Touch.

MANY Catholics think the church has never changed its teaching on many moral issues, and argue that its teachings are “based on a correct understanding of the human according to unchanging natural moral law” (Paul Kokoski, Irish Examiner letters, June 18).

Rita Ciolli, New York

Easter Ogil landed his first race for almost two years when making the most of a frenetic pace in the opening ITV Interactive Betting and Gaming Handicap at Lingfield today.

Kidnapped teenager Elizabeth Smart, trapped in the hills above her anguished family’s home for the first two months of her disappearance, may have been kept from escaping or crying out for help by the growing influence of her captors, police said.

SOME of the people who marched for peace last Saturday were probably relaxing in front of their televisions when RTÉ screened The Trials of Henry Kissinger on Sunday night.