A MIDDLE-AGED man who stepped outside in the early hours of the morning to see who was causing mayhem outside his front door was slapped in the head with a claw-hammer.

AFTER a weekend that has given much promise for the rest of the season, Derval O’Rourke will be back among the best 100m hurdlers in the world at the Grand Prix 1 meeting in Lausanne tonight.

A CORK town kicked off a weekend of music last night ahead of separate events to mark its agricultural college’s centenary.