This copy of the ninth printing of the first edition of Joyce’s Ulysses published by Shakespeare & Co, Paris, 1927, is among the lots at Cork Auction Rooms tomorrow at noon.

A school child in Downpatrick has developed an infection which can cause meningitis.

London look set to compete in next year’s Leinster senior hurling championship following last weekend’s historic Christy Ring Cup success.

London boss Eamonn Phelan says competition for starting places is hotting up after they demolished Mayo by 15 points.

Meath’s 1949 All-Ireland-winning senior captain Brian Smyth this week enjoyed a nostalgic return to Croke Park accompanied by his fellow Skryne clubmen, including Liam Hayes and Trevor Giles, who all hold All-Ireland medals with the Royal County.

WESTMEATH hurling captain Brian Smyth has been dropped from the panel as manager Brian Hanley cracks the whip for the new season.

Antrim 2-25 Westmeath 1-19

WESTMEATH 2-14 GALWAY 4-17

The Galway hurlers will field a much-changed team for their Leinster Championship opener against Westmeath in Mullingar tonight (throw-in 7pm).

Carlow 1-14 Westmeath 4-10

WESTMEATH slumped into deep relegation trouble when they lost at home to Antrim by four points, having finished the game with just 13 players.

Limerick 1-20 Westmeath 0-15

Antrim, Laois and DIT picked up wins in the Walsh Cup, while Armagh and Wicklow were victorious in the Kehoe Cup following today's hurling action across Leinster.

THE ‘big freeze’ last winter cost Dublin City Council €500,000 in overtime, water tankers and repairs, it has emerged.

London 0-6 Roscommon 0-14

HE was once on the books of Glasgow Celtic, but, on this display, Paul Cahillane is sure to come to the attention of Laois boss, Seán Dempsey.

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-9 Clara (Offaly) 0-3

A subsidiary of one of the country’s biggest car dealerships and its two former directors have been fined €30,000 each for their role in a price-fixing cartel involving Citroen car dealers in Leinster.

A subsidiary of one of the country’s biggest car dealerships and its two former directors will be sentenced in June for their role in a price-fixing cartel involving Citroen car dealers in Leinster.

Carlow 2-15 Westmeath 1-15

A car dealership and its two directors are to be sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in relation to price fixing in the selling of Citroen vehicles in Leinster over a period of six years.

Local people were not really surprised at the latest landing in Castletownbere, writes Donal Hickey.

Three men being quizzed tonight after being caught in the Atlantic Ocean with cocaine with a street value of more than half a billion euro are suspected mules.

ANYONE who saw the RTÉ programme on Monday night that revealed how our overstretched childcare services can’t protect vulnerable children must be concerned that we learnt nothing from the appalling tragedies lurking in our past.

ANOTHER huge haul of drugs has been found off the west coast.

IRISH consumers were warned yesterday of the dangers of buying and supporting the trade in counterfeit goods.

Offaly's Shane Dooley, the son of former county star Joe Dooley, was on song for the hurlers of Athlone IT today as they progressed past Trinity College in the Kehoe Cup.

Three of six men today cleared of statutory rape have been charged with sexual assault.

Ireland’s Huang Bing is second seed at the Czech International Badminton Championships which gets underway in Liberec today.

THE availability of illegal drugs is not being affected greatly despite seizures of massive quantities of drugs, according to government and garda sources.

WHEN it comes to drug detection, this guy’s got the problem solved. The clever canine is part of a new crack unit of sniffer dogs introduced yesterday by customs officers at Dublin Airport to help weed out drugs being smuggled into the country.

Cocaine is fast becoming the drug of choice in Ireland. Cormac O'Keeffe charts the rise of a drug that was once the preserve of the rich and famous