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.

FAMILY doctors have described the first phase in the roll-out of the Health Service Executive (HSE) swine flu vaccination programme as “chaotic” and “flawed”.

JOHN REYNOLDS was the hero as comeback kings Clara repeated their county final heroics by overcoming an eight-point interval deficit to win this Leinster Club SFC game in Newbridge.

THE cremated remains of a man which went missing on a Ryanair flight from Cork to Gatwick have been returned to his family.

AN Employment Appeals Tribunal has heard that the former secretary-general of the Irish Dental Association, Donal Atkins, was sacked from his €140,000-a-year post last year after he awarded himself an unauthorised pay rise.