TIPPERARY fans reckon they don’t need the power of prayer to defeat the Cats this Sunday, but one sport-mad priest hopes the power of hurling will inspire some fans to become men of the cloth.

VIEWERS could say ‘God almighty’ about the gay kiss scene, but Fair City’s characters couldn’t take the Lord’s name in vain during 15 years of affairs, fights and deaths.

A CO MAYO pub which opened its doors for the first time barely 15 months ago eclipsed hundreds of others yesterday to be named Ireland’s best pub Crocket’s on the Quay, in Ballina, beat off strong competition from a field of more than 600 entrants to emerge yesterday as the overall winner of the Black & White Pub of the Year 2002 awards.