A rising young rugby star has been forced to quit the sport after being blinded in the eye with a stone in a late night attack.

A retired teacher has settled a High Court action for damages over claims that he was allegedly bullied and subject to homophobic incidents while he was employed by a Vocational Education Committee.

SOME old faces will be missing from the scene with the addition of some promising newcomers when the basketball’s Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague gets underway tonight.

THE board of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) has imposed a news blackout on details of which of its members will attend a world credit union conference in Barcelona next week.