It's an hour before curtain in the Cork Opera House and everyone’s stirring in preparation for their first sell-out show of the season.

FIANNA FÁIL has denied allegations that its supporters were involved in intimidation and verbal abuse of a group of protesters campaigning for a new Gaelscoil in Clonmel.

THEY were to be buried in their Liverpool tops and new Dora The Explorer denim jeans, little Leanne and Shania Dunne, in white coffins with pink stripes.

THIRTEEN years of frustration for parents and teachers, at a south Tipperary primary school, spilled over onto the streets yesterday.