Williams will not be undermined this weekend by the fire that wrecked their Spanish Grand Prix triumph, but have implemented new procedures to ensure there will never be a repeat.

Williams have confirmed just one team member now remains in a hospital in Barcelona following Sunday’s garage fire after Pastor Maldonado’s triumph in the Spanish Grand Prix.

“No complaints,” was the reaction of veteran Na Piarsaigh forward Damien Quigley after Saturday’s comprehensive extra-time loss to Loughgiel Shamrocks in this All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final at Parnell Park.

IT must be a major concern to Dublin manager John McEvoy that his players will go into next month’s All-Ireland U21 hurling final against Galway without a decent challenge under their belts.

FAMILIES affected by the organ retention scandal have criticised a doctor who admitted keeping organs of stillbirths without consent after 2000.

Legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti will lend his voice to a new version of Deep Purple classic Smoke on the Water for a new retrospective album covering the 40 year career of rocker Ian Gillan.

A British oil worker was shot dead while driving in Nigeria, the Foreign Office said tonight.