Research has discovered three people a week, on average, sustain a life-changing spinal cord injury (SCI) in Ireland, the result of either accidental injury or degenerative disease.

Trevor Martin has lived with a spinal cord injury for two years but he counts himself one of the lucky ones — he can still walk.

THE arrival of a round-the-world yacht race in Cork is expected to attract 100,000 visitors and generate €10 million in revenue for the region.

A FESTIVE atmosphere, jersey-bedecked fans cheering and singing, white and blue as far as the eye could see: Waterford’s city centre was truly a heaving mass of joy and celebration yesterday afternoon. Then the match started.