After college in Dublin, Orlagh worked in the production department for various films, then she left for London and worked in the city in IT recruitment.

Mary Arrigan has got some great ideas about books for the young-ones.

Ciara Mageean made it through to this evening’s European Indoor 1500m final but it was far from pretty.

Ciara Neville (Emerald) kept her cool to clinch gold after a poor start in the women’s 60m while Phil Healy (Bandon) secured the European standard for the 400m on a weekend full of back stories and close finishes at the Irish Life Health National Indoor Championships in Abbotstown, Dublin.

While some fine early season sprinting and a number of exciting finishes were the highlights of the Leevale Track & Field meeting at Cork IT on Saturday, the big upset of the day came in the women’s 1500m, where European Junior silver medallist Ciara Mageean had to settle for second behind Orla Drumm.