It was a performance riddled with mistakes, so many of them elementary, but the side's reaction to adversity in the second-half, when coming from 13-0 down to claim the lead and hold out in the face of considerable pressure, was impressive.

Early in his career, Séamus O’Reilly applied for a post from which the previous incumbent had been fired, after a chemotherapy overdose left one woman dead and another with irreversible heart damage. He didn’t end up in the job but remained interested in how the hospital responded to its mistakes. One key measure was the establishment of Patient Family Advisory Committees. Professor O’Reilly tells Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan that the time is ripe to consider a similar move here, in light of the CervicalCheck scandal.

Christian Brothers College are through to the semi-finals of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup after victory over a brave St Clement’s side at Temple Hill yesterday.

Naomi Carroll’s hat-trick saw Cork Harlequins sweep aside Trinity 5-1 in the women’s EY Hockey League, boosting the Farmer’s Cross club into a share of top spot.

Traumatised souls. Murderous housewives. Wise-cracking hitmen. Bloody revenge. It’s all there in this excellent collection of short stories from Irish crime writers.

Rebecca Barry is hoping there is more glory around the corner on her road less travelled, as she chases the rare distinction of consecutive Irish Senior Cups with different clubs.

Two policemen have been given final written warnings after stopping to buy a cup of tea before responding to calls to check on a suicidal woman who was later found dead, a misconduct panel in England has heard.

It was moving day at both ends of the men’s EY Hockey League with a slew of surprise results on Saturday.

COLIN BATEMAN’s Divorcing Jack (1994) is one of the most influential books in Irish crime fiction, and Bateman has written more than 30 novels since, all of them crime or mysteries to varying degrees.

Cork Constitution head coach Brian Hickey insists his club’s bid for an historic four in a row of Bateman Cup victories today will be enough to prevent minds wandering to next weekend’s Ulster Bank League Division 1A final.

Sing Street 4/5

Karen Bateman’s brace ended Catholic Institute’s hopes of another Munster Senior Cup final upset as she guided Cork Harlequins to a 2-1 success at Garryduff yesterday.

PBC Cork 39  Bandon GS 10 Munster Schools Senior Cup Musgrave Park

Worcester Warriors 20 Leicester Tigers 29: There was a nice moment about an hour before kick-off at Sixways Stadium on Saturday when Donncha O’Callaghan and Geordan Murphy found themselves in the same part of the pitch as the sides limbered up for this Premiership clash.

The next film from Walt Disney Animation Studios is set to be Zootopia, which is set in a world where humans never existed

Russell Bateman set up probably one of the best-named and hippest fitness and nutrition programmes on the planet. Deirdre Reynolds caught up with the guru to the stars

EVERYONE needs a shower buddy, right? Fresh from escaping the clutches of their despicable employers in Horrible Bosses (2011), Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Arbus) set up their own company in Horrible Bosses 2 (15A). 

Cork Harlequins hope Rachael Kohler and Karen Bateman can continue to defy Father Time as they face a make-or-break Irish Hockey League clash with Ards at Farmer’s Cross tomorrow (1.30pm).

Cork Harlequins and Fermoy both made big moves at opposite ends of the table to set up a grandstand finale to the Munster women’s Division 1.

An entirely appropriate title for a film that steals from a number of superior movies, yet never appears sure of what it really wants to be.

Jason Bateman was given "a couple of bloody noses" by Melissa McCarthy filming 'Identity Theft'.

Identity theft affects an estimated millions of people, leading to months of worry and stress. It’s hardly a laughing matter. Nor is Seth Gordon’s brash comedy.

Brothers Andrew and Roger Gray once again saved their best for Belfield as UCC won their first ever national senior club title in men’s hockey with a rousing 3-1 Irish Hockey Trophy final victory over Raphoe yesterday.

I HAVE a crow to pluck with the Taoiseach.

Overworked lawyer Dave Lockwood (Jason Bateman) is on the verge of securing the vice presidency at his firm.

Nine Inches

'Arrested Development' is returning to TV screens and is getting made into a film.

SET AT the height of the Cold War, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (15A) is something of a throwback to another era entirely, that era being the mid-1970s, when a particular kind of paranoid thriller reigned supreme.

The first five minutes of ‘The Change-Up’ - a horrifying look into the world of late-night baby care, complete with one of the more grotesque poop shots ever captured on film, sums up the movie's bait-and-switch.

Jason Bateman is to become a father for the second time.

Jason Bateman is attached to star in new comedy 'ID Theft'.

It's a simple enough idea. Three friends with three fiendishly terrible bosses let a little liquid courage help them down a dastardly, yet not all that surprising road: kill them.

CARS 2 (G), like its predecessor, is Pixar’s variation on the tantalising premise behind its own Toy Story franchise: what if a child’s toys could come alive?

THEY like their barnstorming number eights in Rockwell College, and Luke Cahill appears to have all the weaponry in his arsenal to follow in the footsteps of Denis Leamy and Paddy Butler.

BANDON GRAMMAR SCHOOL cruised to the most facile of victories over Waterpark College in a hopelessly one sided first round Munster Schools Senior Cup tie at Dungarvan yesterday.

Brian Dowling was crowned 'Ultimate Big Brother' winner as the long-running reality television show said goodbye to Channel 4.

Michelle Bass and Vanessa Feltz were booted out of the 'Big Brother' house in a double eviction ahead of tomorrow night's grand finale.

'Big Brother' officials today announced a double eviction from the house on Wednesday during the semi-final of the final series of the show.

Aniston once again appears in a light as air, fluffy as a cloud romcom that gives her no boundaries to explore other than to be Aniston, in yet another inoffensive little film that trickles along a plotline so silly it’s hardly worth getting worked up about.

The winner of the final series of 'Big Brother' will be unveiled tonight – and then go straight back into the house with some of the best-known faces from the show’s history.

The man behind Ali G, Borat and Bruno has added a new role to his repertoire - that of an Oscars presenter.