A former Cork teacher who left his job to pursue a writing career is set to launch his first book.

THEY say every man thinks less of himself if he has never been a soldier.

IT WAS late, for a taking to the church, but still pewter-bright with the promise of rain.

1.WHY aren’t there more Irish rugby players with tattoos? Every second Welsh player last weekend had some kind of ink curling out from underneath a sleeve, leaving the boys in green looking a little... pasty in comparison.