THE shortlist for the Voadfone GAA Player of the Year Awards were announced yesterday. Bernard Brogan (Dublin), Daniel Hughes (Down) and Michael Shields (Cork) are in contention for the Footballer of the Year while Aidan Walsh (Cork) Peter Kelly (Kildare) and Graham O’Reilly (Meath) are in the running for the Young Footballer of the Year.

PLANS for a €80 million 100-bed private hospital in Cork have been shot down.