Cork-raised Brian Deady worked through personal traumas to produce his impressive new album, writes Ed Power

BEREAVEMENT, moving home, divorce, illness and job- loss are often rated as our top life-style stressors – but shouldn’t starting college be in there somewhere too?

Shamrock Rovers 3 Longford Town 2: Max Blanchard was the unlikely matchwinner for Shamrock Rovers with two second half goals at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Cork City 2 Longford Town 0

Over-protected children are often stressed out by college life because they lack autonomy, writes Áilín Quinlan.

Longford Town 0, Shamrock Rovers 2:

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Cobh Ramblers 0 Longford Town 0

Cobh Ramblers 0 Finn Harps 4

Cobh Ramblers 1 Athlone Town 1

Cobh Ramblers 5 Wexford Youths 0

New Bruff coach and former Munster centre Mike Lynch could hardly contain his admiration for a developing team, following a surprising but thoroughly deserved Ulster Bank League Division 1B victory over favourites Ballymena at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday.

Mixed emotions at Kilballyowen Park on Saturday. Dungannon took a giant step towards the summit of Division 1B while their Bruff hosts tumbled into the relegation zone and are left battling for survival.

A splendidly taken try by full-back Brendan Deady made all the difference for Bruff at Thomond Park last night.

WHAT was meant to be another milestone in the Bruff rugby odyssey came unstuck last evening when Peter Malone’s out-of-sorts side slumped to a third defeat in a row.

UCC’s Fáilte Fest helps first-year students cope with the transition to university, says Esther N McCarthy

GLANWORTH reached round four of the Cork IFC last night after a good night’s work at Kilavullen’s GAA grounds.

WEXFORD YOUTHS advanced to the next round of the EA Sports Cup with a two-goal victory over a hard working Cobh Ramblers at a bitterly cold St Colman’s Park last night.

A STUDY on priests’ housekeepers’ lives presented for International Women’s Day found they were exploited, underpaid and worked from as young as 13.

BRUFF 10 UCC 0

DOWNEEN, near Rosscarbery in west Cork, might just be the place to banish the blues.

Team news ahead of this weekend's All-Ireland League clashes.

BRENDAN DEADY brought the AIB League Division Three trophy back to Kilballyowen Park on Saturday night and dedicated the famous win to Bruff player/coach Eoin Cahill.

THE location is so hot the fact this house has internal fire damage still isn’t dissuading viewers and bidders.

The UN was not monitoring several arms embargoes against conflict zones when Ireland joined the Security Council in 2001, it was claimed today.

Pallasgreen 1-9 Bruree 0-9