Maritime college students dressed in protection suits and air filtration masks were among 250 people who protested outside the site of a proposed major incinerator in Cork harbour.

St Michael’s College and Newbridge College will contest to the quarter-finals of the Leinster Schools’ Junior Cup, following respective victories over St Gerard’s, Bray and Gorey Community School, yesterday afternoon.

A luxury cruise ship was evacuated safely yesterday after striking a massive iceberg in the North Atlantic.