A potentially historic week in the proud history of Christian Brothers College Cork got off on the brightest possible note at Thomond Park when they pipped Crescent Comprehensive in a thrilling Clayton Hotels Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final.

There may now be more funerals than birthdays but at 85, Michael Caine is enjoying every moment, as Hannah Stephenson discovers Welcoming me into his penthouse flat overlooking London’s Chelsea Harbour, Michael Caine is clearly relishing life in his 80s.

Leopardstown and the Curragh share hosting duties in the coming days for the newly

All of us in Europe carry genes from this human species, writes Richard Collins

Donald Trump's new communications director has exploded smouldering tensions at the White House into a wildfire, angrily daring the US president's chief of staff to deny he was a "leaker" and exposing West Wing backstabbing in language more suited to a gangster movie.

CBC Cork 1-12 Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa, Doon 1-8: A 47th-minute Billy Cain goal helped CBC retain the Munster Colleges Junior ‘B’ Hurling Championship title in Mallow yesterday.

Almost 230 top secret documents from 1987 have been released by the North's Public Records Office.

A gunman who murdered three Louisiana police officers in an ambush "was seeking out police", investigators have confirmed.

A masked former US Marine murdered three Louisiana police officers in an apparent petrol station ambush, less than two weeks after a black man was shot dead in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated throughout America.

CBC Cork 16 Crescent CC Limerick 16: A magnificent Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup final between two quality teams ended in a draw at Musgrave Park yesterday and the schools will meet again on April 6 at Thomond Park to settle the issue.

Double European medallist Mark English will look to etch his name into the rich history of The Cork City Sports at the CIT stadium in Bishopstown this evening.

The absence of “really important” evidence from a witness was a massive piece of the jigsaw that was missing in an assault case, a court heard yesterday.

I don’t know if I could handle ‘epic everything’. There are times you just want to sit down and put on your slippers writes Colm O’Regan.

Golfer Darren Clarke knows it can be a bit ‘ruff’ raising two Irish wolfhound pups.

Fiann Ó Nualláin gives a Halloween countdown of the world’s top poisonous plants which may be growing in a flower bed near you.

Is the formal dinner party dead? Joe McNamee says it isn’t always easy to create the right mood as he knows from personal experience.

Last week the World Junior Athletics Championships took place in Oregon’s Hayward Field.

Theatre: Desolate Heaven

The Olympia, Dublin

Noah, the story of the ark, is the first of a ‘raft’ of religious movies due on our screens as Hollywood eyes the 50m US weekly churchgoers, says Declan Burke.

Live music: Ms Mr - Academy, Dublin

At least 30 people have been taken to hospital after an explosion at a Louisiana chemical plant, officials say.

A tornado outbreak has devastated parts of Texas, killing at least six people, injuring dozens more and destroying or damaging scores of homes.

In what’s being billed as a Cain and Abel-style clash of the titans, two Cork brothers go head-to-head in the boxing ring before nearly 1,000 spectators.

Cain

John Connolly and Declan Burke convinced great writers to write about their favourite mystery novels. Val Nolan is impressed

Two days to the final of the Ladbrokes Irish Derby final and a total absence of any negative stories concerning the finalists.

Many of the top fancies go into action in the Ladbrokes Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park tonight.

Fresh from his brilliant victory in the Champion Stakes just 11 days ago, Droopys Jet is set to provide a high-profile start to the Ladbrokes Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park tonight.

GIVEN the millions of cubic metres of rain that have fallen this summer, it can be difficult to get across the fact that water — no matter how plentiful it appears to be — is a precious resource.

Will Smith is set to make his directorial debut with 'The Redemption of Cain'.

Australians have overwhelmingly welcomed the final chapter of a mystery that has captivated the nation for 32 years: Did a dingo really take a baby that vanished from an outback campsite in 1980?

Quiet

The final of the Larry Dunne Open 525 headlines tonight’s action and Droopys Cain can justify favouritism in the €10,000 to-the-winner contest.

WITH the implosion of Herman Cain’s campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

US Republican Herman Cain has suspended his campaign to run for the American presidency.

Businessman Herman Cain has sent mixed signals on whether he would abandon his beleaguered White House bid today in the wake of a woman’s allegation of an extramarital affair.

Herman Cain is still campaigning for US president. But by most measures, allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year extra-marital affair have all but ended the White House bid by the former pizza company executive.

Republican presidential contender Herman Cain ploughed ahead amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct including an extramarital affair.

THE Cain train drives on.

EMBATTLED US presidential candidate Herman Cain told aides he is reassessing his campaign after a businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican.

In an explosive allegation, a woman said that she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair that lasted nearly until the former businessman announced his candidacy for the White House several months ago.