For weeks, the focus before this All-Ireland junior final zeroed in on Derrytresk, but Galway’s Naomh Pádraig stole the limelight in Croke Park yesterday by claiming the honours in the most dramatic fashion.

AN Irish climber has escaped death after a dramatic high-altitude rescue near the summit of one of the world’s most treacherous mountains.

Israel and Fatah Palestinian forces worked together when rival Hamas militants overran the Gaza strip, according to WikiLeaks documents released today.

THE United Nations will transfer tons of goods to Gaza from the international flotilla attacked by Israeli naval commandos two weeks ago under a new agreement with Israel, Israel’s military said yesterday.

CHILDREN with learning difficulties will also lose out as a result of government cutbacks, teachers have warned.

THE head of Israel’s internal security service said yesterday he is “very concerned” that Jewish extremists could assassinate an Israeli leader in an attempt to foil peace moves with the Palestinians.

Double Dizzy highlighted the resurgent form of Bob Buckler and put himself in line for a possible trip to the Punchestown Festival when landing the odds at Taunton.

Allies and opponents today clamoured for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s resignation after scathing criticism from an official commission of his performance during last year’s Lebanon war.

Caroline O’Doherty talks to the sister of the man convicted for Jill Dando’s murder.

Israelis might have been better off when Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq, Shin Bet’s security chief said, according to a tape recording broadcast in Jerusalem.

Israeli might have been better off when Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq, said Shin Bet security chief Yuval Diskin, according to a tape recording broadcast Monday by Channel 10 TV in Jerusalem.

The Israeli military has arrested dozens of Hamas candidates for parliament and local councils as part of its new offensive against the Islamic militant group.

Palestinian police are incapable of controlling armed militants, and al-Qaida is posed to infiltrate the Gaza Strip and Israel, Israel’s domestic security chief warned today, reflecting deep Israeli concerns over threats that could result from chaos in Gaza following its handover to the Palestinian Authority.

THE team for next month’s European Youth Olympic Festival in Lignano was finalised following the Kit Kat Irish Schools Track and Field Championships on Saturday when, despite some inclement weather, all the qualifiers produced some spectacular performances.

Relatives of Jill Dando’s killer Barry George today appealed to the public to come forward with any fresh evidence that might help clear his name.

THE sister of an Irishman found guilty of murdering TV presenter Jill Dando said her brother had been denied justice yesterday after he lost his appeal against the conviction in a London court.

The Cork-based sister of the man jailed for life for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando was in London today to support him in his appeal against his conviction.