The knitted chickens that raise thousands each year for cancer research are the result of the concerted efforts of many – but it all started 13 years ago when a Fermoy ICA cancer survivor wanted to give something back.

I’m writing from the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) in Boston, MA where I am a social worker to the Irish community.

THE women of Ardmore/Grange ICA Guild competed in the Eleanora Gibbon Competition in Mullingar in mid-June with a 15-minute parody of “music, song, dance and skit”.

IT’S served its famous fish and chips to millions of people — from Bono to Billa — over the last six decades.

TOURNAMENT specialists Royal Portrush and Douglas are hopeful of regaining national eminence when the closing stages of the Irish Ladies Senior Cup are played at Cork Golf Club, Little Island, over the next two days.