1. Fun, Fashion and Flutters

A former book-keeper for Michel Jewellers in Cork who stole €98,000 from his employer through 176 separate transactions over an 18-month period was jailed for a year yesterday.

The true Gael will daily encounter multiple reasons to swell with fierce pride as he or she ambles about our fair land but there are few finer reasons than our magnificent farmhouse cheeses, now of such variety and quality as to justly earn us a prime place on the global cheeseboard.

OVER 160 cattle and 340 horses have been entered for the Cork Summer Show, which takes place at Ballintemple on Sunday.