Guidance counsellors said “it should be no surprise that the problem of cyberbullying is exploding” when vulnerable children cannot access counselling sessions in school due to government cutbacks.

A newly promoted captain took a plane’s power controls seconds before it crashed a year ago in thick fog at Cork Airport, accident investigators have revealed.

Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group, saw his 2010 compensation rise to $14.1m (€9.9m) from just over $1m (€700,000) in 2009, according to an analysis of data filed with regulators.

THE devastated partner of the co-pilot killed in the Cork Airport disaster said last night that he would have done everything in his power to prevent the tragedy.

No mechanical faults have yet been identified in a plane that crashed killing six people and injuring six more.

A preliminary report into a plane crash that killed six people and injured six more will be published today.

Manx2 has ended its service between Belfast and Cork just over a fortnight after one of its flights crashed killing six people.

A FORMER seaman killed in the Cork plane crash was loyal and dedicated to his family, his funeral has heard.

A former seaman killed in the Cork plane crash was loyal and dedicated to his family, his funeral heard today.

The funerals of two more victims from the Cork air accident will be held later.

The wife of a man killed in the Cork plane crash has paid tribute to her caring “one love”.

THE pregnant widow of a man killed in the Cork Airport plane crash clutched her young daughters’ hands yesterday as she walked behind his coffin.

The pregnant wife of a man killed in Thursday's plane crash at Cork Airport clutched her young daughters’ hands today as she walked behind his coffin.

Full services resumed at Cork Airport today after the plane crash that killed six people, as the chairman of Manx2 airline insisted both pilots were fully qualified.

TWO of the six survivors from the Cork Airport tragedy are still in Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) intensive care unit after suffering serious injuries during the crash.

Both black boxes have now been recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Cork yesterday, killing six people.

Air-accident investigators were trying to piece together the final minutes of the Cork plane crash that left six people dead.

BELFAST’S deputy harbour master is among those who tragically lost their lives during yesterday’s shocking accident.

THE pilots of the aircraft that crash-landed at Cork Airport yesterday, claiming their lives and those of four passengers, have been strongly defended by the chairman of the airline.

ST MARY’S basketball club from Castleisland have won Basketball Ireland’s Club of the Year award to crown what has been a memorable season which saw them claim the U18 Women’s National Cup, while reaching the semi-finals of the Senior Women’s Cup.

THE father of Liverpool football star Jermaine Pennant was jailed for four years yesterday for drug dealing.

ARCH rivals Waterford and Kilkenny will do battle in a senior hurling challenge, which will net significant funds for a very worthy cancer appeal.

WORK on Waterford Institute of Technology’s €22 million sports grounds is well under way.

I WISH to commend the Vatican and, more recently, Catholic Bishop Michael Evans of East Anglia for condemning Amnesty International’s pro-abortion policy. Amnesty has fallen victim to a distorted rationale that tends to place a higher priority on human suffering than on life itself.

WHAT a difference a couple of days can make. After losing Wednesday night’s derby game in Tralee, Gleneagle Lakers had abandoned all hope of making it to the quarter-finals of the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague as Abrakebabra Tigers, it would appear, faced something of a formality when they entertained the Southern Conference basement team, Neptune, on Saturday night.

THE Women’s SuperLeague quarter-finals dominate the weekend’s basketball programme, but there is still a lot of unfinished business in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague - with Abrakebabra Tigers fighting for survival tonight at Neptune Stadium.

LIMERICK LIONS face their most important weekend in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague with do or die games against Abrakebabra Tigers in Tralee tomorrow night and UCD at the UL Arena on Sunday afternoon.

NEPTUNE, coming off last weekend’s long overdue win, will be looking for more of the same at Neptune Stadium tomorrow night when they play UCD in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague.

WITH just five weeks to the final shake-up, Limerick Lions will host defending champions UCC Demons in a mouth-watering NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague clash at UL Arena tomorrow night.

NEWLY crowned Cup champions UCC Demons and beaten finalists Limerick Lions remain locked at the top of the Southern Conference table in the run-up to next weekend’s head to head following important victories in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague yesterday.

UCC DEMONS will have the national cup on parade when they play host to Roma St. Vincent’s at The Mardyke Arena on Sunday afternoon, but Pat Price’s squad will have other things on their mind as they brace themselves for a furious run up to the play-off stages in defence of the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague title.

NEW coach Michael Evans will measure Neptune’s progress when they tip off a big weekend for Cork in tonight’s home game against Limerick Lions.

Roma St Vincents 85 Neptune 90

MICHAEL EVANS embarks on one of the most difficult assignments in Irish basketball tomorrow night when he sends Neptune out against Roma St Vincent’s in the NIVEA for MEN SuperLeague at Glasnevin hoping to stem the flood that has threatened to submerge the Cork side this season.

Neptune have had an unstable start to the season with both player and coach changes. They have signed another new coach for this weekend’s clash against Roma St Vincent’s on Saturday night.

JOHN Allen and Billy Morgan were officially re-appointed as coaches to the Cork senior hurling and football teams at last night’s meeting of the County Board.

WATERFORD Basketball Club, known as Waterford Crystal, will not compete in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague for the 2005-06 season.

COACH Jim Nugent says Davenno Hines will be a key player as Neptune battle for a place in the play-off stages of the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague.

NEPTUNE and Shamrock Rovers Hoops have each won basketball’s most coveted prize - the National Cup - four times but tomorrow night they will be battling to stay in this year’s competition at Neptune Stadium.

AFTER a sensational victory over Merry Monk Ballina in the National Cup qualifier on Wednesday, Waterford Crystal have the opportunity to go one better by springing a surprise in Sunday’s SuperLeague clash with Abrakebabra Tigers in Tralee.

CLYDE ELLIS will, after all, be available to Gleneagle Lakers when they play MDS Star in the first round of the men’s National Cup in Belfast on Saturday.

DART Killester and Abrakebabra Tigers remain unbeaten and top of their respective conferences ahead of the much anticipated cross-conference clash at the Tralee Sports Centre in two weeks.

COACHES Pat Price and Jim Nugent insist they are putting points before passion when Mardyke UCC Demons and Neptune clash in tonight’s Cork derby SuperLeague game at The Mardyke Arena (8.15pm).