If you think the flu going around at the moment, is bad, the biggest killer flu the world had ever known happened 100 years ago. Nuala Wolfe looks at how it affected everything from GAA finals to the politics of the day

Leinster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final: St Mary’s College 32 Cistercian College Roscrea 29

We all know of Donald Trump's wish to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the US.

We all know of Donald Trump’s wish to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the US.

Kya deLongchamps celebrates a bear of very little brain, but very large heart, with some collectables for your honey pot.

Belvedere College 31 Cistercian College Roscrea 7: Belvedere College produced a stunning performance at the RDS yesterday when they secured their 11th Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup title at the expense of defending champions Cistercian College Roscrea.

Cistercian College Roscrea 24 Clongowes Wood College 18: Cistercian College Roscrea’s quest for a second successive Leinster Schools Senior Cup triumph remains on course, after Brian Diffley’s 61st-minute try helped them to edge a compelling semi-final showdown with Clongowes Wood College, at Donnybrook yesterday.

Cistercian College, Roscrea 27 Gonzaga College 17

A late night rendezvous in New Zealand could cost two office workers their jobs after their steamy encounter was witnessed by up to 200 patrons at a pub across the road and posted online.

BACK in 1958, Britain was welcoming everyone, including Paddington Bear, a strange, confused stowaway from "darkest Peru" who had a compulsion for eating marmalade sandwiches.

Ipswich Town joint-managing director Ian Milne says he doesn’t expect Mick McCarthy to leave the Championship club for the vacant Ireland manager’s job.

Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne today accused St Mirren of putting Scottish football in danger after the Paisley club combined with Ross County to veto league reconstruction plans.

Neil Lennon made five changes to his Celtic side for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against bottom side Dundee at Parkhead.

A teenage girl has been shot dead and her sister seriously injured in a gun attack in a small village in the North.

Ciáran Ó Lionáird got his Olympic year off to a sensational start at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday night when he won a drama-packed men’s mile in a new pb of 3:56.01.

FEW International Rules tests have broken more records than this latest offering but the future of the series is again up for question after a decidedly one-sided match.

Anthony Tohill has said that a clean, fairly-fought International Rules Series is vitally important for the future of the hybrid game between Ireland and Australia.

Disney leave the more modern forms of animation and return to the traditional hand-drawing for this return of the much-loved A.A. Milne characters of the Hundred Acre Wood, characters which have served Disney well over the years, and been equally well treated in return.

THE AFL has confirmed that Mick Malthouse will remain as manager of the Australian International Rules side that tours Ireland in October, despite being disciplined for a “highly offensive” exchange of words with an opposition player.

St Johnstone 1 Celtic 4

Robinho was named in the Manchester City starting line-up for today’s FA Cup fourth round trip to Scunthorpe amid mounting speculation it would be his last appearance for the club.

Celtic manager Tony Mowbray was forced through injury to change his side again for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

A new Winnie-the-Pooh book will be released later this year, more than 80 years after his first adventure.

It was an exciting day in Qingdao where Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne produced another top ten result in the Star class to place 8th in their first race of the day.

IT IS now up to Cork’s Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne to rescue Ireland’s chances of a memorable result from this Olympic regatta, but the Star class pair have some work on their hands in a white hot fleet after sailing to two 13th places, their worst scores so far, yesterday.

AFTER a demanding day on the waters of Qingdao’s Fushan Bay yesterday in the most wind they had sailed in since they dropped their mast disastrously during the Star Worlds, Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne lie in 11th place overall in the Star class.

It was another long day on the water for the remaining Irish sailors with just one race completed in both the Star and Laser Radial classes.

Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne finished 12th in Race 2 and 7th in Race 3 in the Star class today to lie in 9th place overall in the 10-race opening series in Beijing today.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) have set up a special tribunal to hear appeals resulting from the nomination of Star Class sailors Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne by the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) for the Beijing Games.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) is not prepared to consider the selection of Star class sailors Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne for this year’s Games pending the outcome of an appeal against their nomination lodged by Max Treacy and Anthony Shanks.

St Johnstone 1 Rangers 1, after extra time (Rangers won 4-3 on penalties)

AN AIDEN McGeady hat-trick earned Celtic their first win in four games as they stretched their lead at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to five points.

Celtic 4 Falkirk 0

Falkirk 1 Celtic 4

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan admitted his side are going through a difficult period in front of goal after slipping to a third straight defeat at Falkirk.

Affable children’s character Winnie the Pooh has found himself at the centre of a legal battle as a film company takes on Disney for ownership rights to the bear and his friends.

Head coach Frank Hadden today names the side he believes can put Scotland’s RBS 6 Nations campaign back to winning ways.

Celtic kept their lead at the top of the Bank of Scotland Premier League at 16 points with a 1-0 home win over Falkirk in a match which had an astonishing finale.

RANGERS manager Paul Le Guen was left fearing for the fitness of Kris Boyd after he limped away from a stunning defeat at the Falkirk Stadium on crutches.

Falkirk 1 Hearts 1

THE crisis at Rangers deepened last night when they were sent crashing out of the CIS Insurance Cup by St Johnstone. A double from Steven Milne secured the win for the First Division side in front of a stunned Ibrox crowd.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan insists he was always confident his side would get the winner in their Bank of Scotland Premier League match at Falkirk.

Dundee Utd 1 Falkirk 2

The US Supreme Court has refused to decide whether the granddaughter of AA Milne, the British creator of Winnie the Pooh, can regain control of the copyright for stories featuring the children’s book character.