A legal row has erupted over the contents of a victim impact statement in the sentencing of TV fitness instructor Francis Usanga who was found guilty of attacking his former partner.

TV fitness instructor Francis Usanga has been found guilty of attacking his former partner who told a court she was punched in the face when she confronted him about cheating.

Charities were the big winners as thousands of women raised tens of thousands of euro by taking part yesterday in the annual Evening Echo Women’s Mini Marathon through Cork City.

Thousands of runners turned out in the Cork sunshine for the Evening Echo mini marathon.

TV fitness guru Francis Usanga has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend and will go on trial in November.

A TV fitness guru is facing trial for assaulting his model ex-girlfriend.

Calls to Women’s Aid jumped by almost 50% on the day that Emma Murphy's video accusing her former partner of hitting her, went viral.

The celebrity fitness coach outed as a domestic abuser on Facebook has admitted he did hit his partner and apologised for hurting her.

The man whose ex-partner accused him of punching her in the face in a viral video this week, has admitted that he did use violence against her.

Amy Lewis speaks to professionals, parents and former sufferers of eating disorders about how they can be healed.

A campaign to reverse the €50 hike in registration fees for nurses and midwives led to several protests around the country yesterday, including at the gates of Cork University Hospital.

It was a case of déjà vu at the Cork Marathon yesterday with Poland’s Bartosz Mazerski denying Gary O’Hanlon’s brave attempt for a third marathon victory in 15 days in a sprint finish down St Patrick’s Street, while Pauline Curley smashed her course record from last year when coming home in 2:43:37.

Poland’s Bartosz Mazerski denied Clonliffe Harriers’ Gary O’Hanlon a fifth marathon victory in eight weeks at the Cork City Marathon yesterday, winning in 2:28:29 while 2008 Beijing Olympian Pauline Curley ran a new women’s course record of 2:47:44.

WHILE Emma Murphy flies the flag for Ireland in the women’s individual championships and fellow Corkwoman Elsa O’Riain carries a fourth seeding into the doubles alongside Australia’s Melissa Anderson, Limerick’s Conor Niland is perfectly poised for a tilt at the NCAA men’s singles championship this week.

England’s Rob Green won the Caledonian Life Munster senior open championship at Sunday’s Well when he beat John McGahon from Dundalk for the loss of only two games in the decider.

IRELAND’S top player Peter Clarke was the big news-maker on the Irish tennis scene yesterday when he was surprisingly left out of the Ireland team to meet Ukraine in the Davis Cup on the weekend of July 16-18.

The domestic tennis season is now in full swing with a series of Senior Open Tournaments scheduled right up to the end of season Danone Masters event (August 25-27) in Fitzwilliam.

THE Ellesse Women’s Irish Open Championship entered its second day at Castleknock yesterday with Karen Nugent capturing the admiration of all during a rain interrupted day.