A student had to have a special room arranged for doing his Leaving Certificate exams because of the anxiety he had from an unprovoked attack on his way home days beforehand.

Officials at the Guinness Book of Records are to examine video footage of five gardaí who successfully completed a "wake-boarding" attempt.

IT took a gruelling five and a half hours to achieve in particularly rough seas, but five Cork gardaí were riding on the crest of a wave after setting a world record and, in the process, raising a substantial amount of money for a worthy cause.

THE deputy director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has called on European businesses to put pressure on their governments to proceed with the next round of negotiations.