Limerick mother Aine Laffan cooked up a New Year's Day storm in her kitchen as she delivered her son Odhran on the kitchen floor.

It’s a tale for telling the grandchildren gathered around the fire and it is most certainly a day that the Kelly family will remember for years to come.

Reclusive Irish twin brothers who died within weeks of each other in London are to be buried separately.

Condemnation would have handed the British a propaganda weapon against Irish nationalists, and, in any case, the leaders were personally known to the clergy, says Dermot Keogh

Two undertakers have offered their services free of charge to help bury elderly twins who died in London within days of each other.

Reclusive elderly twin brothers from Cork, who were facing burial in a pauper’s grave after dying alone in London, could be brought home for a dignified funeral after a cousin came forward.

Glenville 2-10 Ballydesmond 0-5: Glenville remain in the race for IFC honours after overcoming Ballydesmond with an eye-catching performance at Ballyclough yesterday.

Grenagh 0-15 Ballydesmond 0-09

Sharp-shooting Donncha O’Connor and Niall Fleming combined to earn Ballydesmond a deserved win over Cill na Martra in this Cork IFC first round clash at Dromtariffe on Saturday.

A COMPANY that provides the use of an MRI scanner to Cork University Hospital and which is run by consultants saw its profits fall slightly last year.

THE HSE has caused widespread confusion among GPs after it wrongly told them it was banning all future X-ray referrals to Cork University Hospital due to the budget crisis.

CONSULTANTS at Cork University Hospital (CUH) united yesterday to back controversial plans for a private co-located hospital on the CUH campus.

CONSULTANTS based at Cork University Hospital have asked Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin to change his position and support plans for a €250m co-location hospital on their campus.

Dublin Colleges 1-13 Midleton CBS 0-10

This coming Sunday the TG4 Underdogs side, managed by former Offaly boss Pat Fleury, will take on the might of Kilkenny's senior hurlers on the hallowed turf of Nowlan Park (throw-in 1.45pm).

DIRECTORS of Baltimore Technologies face a tightrope act in the coming months after they survived controversial motions to unseat the board by the tightest of margins.

Baltimore Technologies has asked shareholders to approve the proposed disposal of its PKI business to US firm beTRUSTed for £5m (€7.2m) and announced sweeping changes to its Board.