Trainees in everything from beauty therapy to aircraft maintenance will carry the Irish flag against counterparts around the globe when they travel to the WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi next week.

Kathlyn Timmons put the boot down — in every sense. The nine-year-old daughter of Laois full-back Mark Timmons was supposed to be an absent figure from O’Moore Park on Saturday night. 

Barry Leonard faced a Communion Day conundrum.

IN the coronary care unit of a Cork hospital, the miracle of birth and the miracle of life are tightly bound.