Bishop of Derry Edward Daly has died a hero after he raised a blood-soaked handkerchief and guided a dying teenager through British army gunfire on Bloody Sunday, a grateful relative said.

The Americans have their historic photograph of six marines raising the Stars and Stripes during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Second World War; the Russians still revere the picture of their troops flying the flag over the Reichstag in the Battle of Berlin on May 2, 1945.

The HSE’s recruitment suspension at a time when hospitals are already suffering a manpower crisis will make it impossible to deliver safe care, unions have warned.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) is to sue the HSE in a dispute over the non-payment of a living-out allowance to approximately 3,000 junior hospital doctors.

Bryant ‘Peewee’ Cruz’s life changed when a local policeman took him off the Port Chester streets and hand delivered him to a boxing gym called Champs in New Rochelle, just north of New York City.

Britain’s Home Retail Group said yesterday that summer sunshine had delivered a big boost to sales at its home improvements chain Homebase in the second quarter and helped shift seasonal products at its biggest business, Argos.

Argos has warned of store closures, after suffering significant sales declines last year, but it is too early to know if its Irish operations will be affected.

DECLINING sales of consumer electronic equipment over the festive period dragged seasonal sales at catalogue retailer Argos down by nearly 9%.

HE lights dim and the audience is hushed. Former middleweight contender Bobby Cassidy is led to the front of the stage.

SHARES in Home Retail Group plunged yesterday after profits at its Argos chain were hammered as shoppers put off buying TVs and computer consoles.

The future of up to 30 stores and 720 jobs was put at risk today after the UK side of retail brand Habitat went into administration.

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JOHN DUDDY’S former manager Craig Hamilton last night described the Derry boxer who retired on Tuesday night as “a true ambassador for the sport he loves and a world class person”.

WILLIE ‘Big Bang’ Casey could be the ideal opponent for the two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, according to the Cuban’s manager Gary Hyde.

PROMOTER Brian Peters spoke yesterday of his efforts to get Andy Lee and John Duddy into the ring and revealed that, despite a lucrative offer, both camps had rejected the deal because neither wanted to be tied into a bout with European champion, Matthew Macklin.

ANDY LEE and John Duddy could touch gloves sooner rather than later if the Derryman rises to the challenge thrown out by the Limerick southpaw yesterday.

MIDDLEWEIGHT John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot suffered a huge blow when he was unanimously outpointed by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Families of some of the Bloody Sunday victims have asked the Taoiseach to help them seek prosecutions.

Families of the Bloody Sunday dead hope today their epic campaign to clear the names of their loved ones will finally end with the release of the long-awaited Saville Report.

ANDY LEE’S opponent for Saturday’s Yanjing Fight Night at the UL Sports Arena in Limerick failed to show for yesterday’s head to head at the Crescent Shopping Centre in Dooradoyle.

Families bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday today repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for its eventual release were announced.

John Duddy will head straight back to the gym on Monday morning after scoring a first-round knockout that earned him a fight on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey undercard on March 13.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Damien Hayes agreed that while a fifth county title for Portumna – and a fifth medal for him – had been very rewarding, beating Loughrea in yesterday’s Galway hurling decider in Pearse Stadium had been extra special because of what happened three years ago against them in the final.

The neighbour of the alleged victim in a murder trial told the Central Criminal Court that she heard wailing coming from the woman’s house on the morning she died.

ANDY LEE takes the biggest step of his career when he meets the French and European Union middleweight champion, Affif Belghecham, in what could turn out to be an eliminator for a European title fight at the UL Sports Arena in Limerick on November 14.

Derry's John Duddy returns to Madison Square Garden for the first time tonight since seeing a world-title shot against Kelly Pavlik go up in flames after a terrible performance against Walid Smichet a year ago.

Boxing promoter Bob Arum has handed John Duddy a lifeline to a world title shot after putting the Irish contender on the Miguel Cotto-Michael Jennings undercard later this month.

The owner of Argos and DIY chain Homebase announced heavy sales falls for both businesses today.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has threatened to expel a top US Embassy official for allegedly plotting against his government from Puerto Rico.

Unbeaten Irish boxer John Duddy will face 'Punching Policeman' Sam Hill on November 21 in New York as he makes his transition into a light middleweight contender.

JOHN DUDDY flies into Miami this morning to begin a training camp for a fight he hopes will tee up a long-awaited world title shot.

President Hugo Chavez has ordered the US ambassador to leave Venezuela within 72 hours, accusing the diplomat of conspiring against his government and saying he would also withdraw his own envoy from Washington immediately.

Undefeated Irishman John Duddy is poised for a world title challenge to IBF light-middleweight champion Verno Phillips.

JAMIE MOORE’S fight with Ciaran Healy for the Irish light middleweight title at the National Basketball Arena on Saturday night took on a new dimension yesterday when he found himself in line for a possible world title shot against John Duddy next spring.

In this morning’s non-Olympic programme at the Rowing World Cup in Poznan Sinéad Jennings and Orlagh Duddy performed best of the six Irish lightweight single scullers in action, with both of them progressing to this afternoon’s lightweight women’s single (LW1x) ‘A’ final.

UNDEFEATED Irish middleweight prospect John Duddy will hope to claw his way back into world title contention when he returns to action against Charles Howe in Boston on June 28.

A man who once ran a fish-and-chip shop in Derry has spoken for the first time about his secret role as a link between the IRA and the British government.

THE Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) opened its own secret back channel to Sinn Féin in 2003 despite the fact it was publicly refusing to deal with the republican party because the IRA was still active.

THE damage John Duddy sustained to his left eye looks certain to rule out the June 7 world title fight with Kelly Pavlik and, while Bob Arum is already looking around for a replacement, Andy Lee insisted yesterday that he won’t be rushing his world title ambitions.

AS John Duddy still nurses the stitches above his eyes and applies a cold compress to what must undoubtedly be a severely bruised ego, he should offer thanks to the boxing gods that he still has a world middleweight title fight to aim for this year.

IRISH middleweight John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot this summer have been dashed after he sustained bad cuts around his eyes against Walid Smichet.

Irish middleweight John Duddy’s hopes of a world title shot this summer have been dashed after he sustained bad cuts around his eyes against Walid Smichet.

JOHN DUDDY’S world title shot against undisputed middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik this summer is set to be rubber-stamped tonight at Madison Square Garden.