How much more hype from over here can you stand? says John Riordan.

When an Irish composer with stacks of choral works to his credit and an enviable international reputation announces he is composing his first opera, it generates a wave of interest that reaches beyond the confines of new music cognoscenti.

The focus of the Gaelic football community was trained on Croke Park that Sunday in mid-April but a short distance south from those Division 1 league semi-finals was a game of huge significance irrespective of the lower grade.

Carol Browner is stepping down as President Barack Obama’s chief adviser on energy and climate matters, White House officials said.

GLEN ROVERS will meet Na Piarsaigh in the final of the city division U21 hurling final after they beat St Finbarr’s in extra time at Ballinlough yesterday.