A Loreto nun working as a school principal in war-torn South Sudan is to be the recipient of the tenth international humanitarian award in honour of the Killarney priest, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty.

Margaret Jennings hears about one man’s walk, just before his 60th birthday, from Mizen Head to Malin Head and what he learned about himself along the way.

The recipient of the 2014 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian award is to be the surgeon, Dr John Beavis, the founder of an organisation dedicated to the relief of suffering and poverty in conflict zones.

The amateur ethos of the GAA and the glamour of professional football are generally seen as far removed from each other but one Yorkshire GAA club have turned that notion on its head with the signing of the season.