Paul O’Connell demonstrated just what a very special man he is on and off the pitch at the Stade de France on Saturday. As captain, leader, strategist and unrelenting ball carrier, the Young Munster man has no equal.

The gliteratti were out in force on Friday night as The Savoy Theatre in Cork re-opened its doors to a huge crowd with great music and glamoour ensured by celebrity model and DJ Nadia Ford.

THE country’s horse racing and greyhound communities haveexpressed their profound shock and sadness at the sudden death yesterday of Evening Echo racing editor Dave Cronin.

A DUBLIN-born journalist had to be restrained by bodyguards yesterday after he attempted a “citizen’s arrest” of former British prime minister Tony Blair in the European Parliament.

A NEW generation of entrepreneurs and innovators has been honoured by Cork Institute of Technology (CIT).