FAI Munster Senior Cup: Carrigaline CS 0 Presentation College 1: A first-half David Dalton header was enough for Presentation Brothers College to claim the Bank of Ireland FAI Schools Dr Tony O’Neill Munster Senior Cup against Carrigaline Community School at O’Shea Park, Blarney last night.

The salary expectations of Irish business students are high compared to other markets, including the UK, according to research released today by Deloitte.

There is no country in the world where women have equal status or influence to men, a study shows.

Kildare 1-10 Meath 0-09

DCU 2-17 NUI Maynooth 0-7

YOUR recent two-part Special Investigation by Conor Ryan (August 31 and Sept 1) exposed the stark reality of sex trafficking in Ireland and the abuse and distress, which its victims unfortunately must endure.

WHILE the world’s attention is firmly focused on the famine in Somalia, another deepening food crisis is emerging in Ethiopia and is now affecting a population the size of Ireland, it has been warned.

THE recent introduction of legislation to prevent female genital mutilation is a welcome and progressive step bringing Ireland in line with international best practice and providing much needed legal clarity on the issue.

AMONGST the furore over US President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, there will be real chords struck for millions of people across the world.

Deloitte Ireland has today announced that it has acquired Curach Consulting.

THIS weekend marks World Food Day (October 16) and UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17).

NEXT week, world leaders will gather in New York for the 10th anniversary of the UN millennium development goals.

THE shocking images of bloodied children walking the streets of quake-hit Haiti have touched even the hardest of hearts.

SCRAMBLING around at the last minute to do your Christmas shopping for a morally responsible friend?

IRISH women are being urged to play a leading role in lifting African girls out of poverty and into education.

ON Thursday representatives of states from around the world will gather to sign an agreement aimed at strengthening the protection of economic, social and cultural rights for individuals.

THE cruellest cuts of all have been to the overseas development assistance budget.

TODAY is World Day against Child Labour.

CUTS in the overseas aid budget of almost 22% in the past four months represent an appalling dereliction of our national duty to the poor.

EVERYONE is feeling the pinch these days. As always though, it is the poor and the vulnerable who suffer most.

NEXT Monday is World Health Day which has been celebrated each year since 1950.

THE recent tragic events in which the Plan International programme office in Mansehra, Pakistan, was attacked by gunmen killing four aid workers and critically injuring another underlines once again the hazards that are toofrequently encountered in delivering aid programmes in a world where there are far too many guns.

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Brendan Larkin

TOMORROW’S Dr Harty Cup tie between Farranferris and St Joseph’s (Borrisoleigh) could be a nostalgic affair.

TOMORROW’S Dr Harty Cup tie between Farranferris and St Joseph’s (Borrisoleigh) could be a nostalgic affair.

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NEARLY 70% of Irish software companies have annual revenues below €1 million and may have to merge or be bought out to survive, according to a new report.