Adventurer Jamie Young has traversed the Atlantic twice as a solo sailor, kayaked around Cape Horn, raced around Rockall and taken a kite buggy to the Antarctic.

A man who was serving a 40-year driving ban when he led gardaí on a high-speed car chase has been jailed for two and a half years.

One-way systems are being introduced in Kerry for some of the country’s most crowded tourist routes.

The Bishop of Kilaloe Fintan Monahan has stated that the pro-life culture in Ireland has helped save thousands of lives here.

It’s official. After widespread speculation, the powers that be announced on Tuesday that the professional golf calendar as we know it will look remarkably different beginning in 2019.

UCC 15 Dolphin 25: Dolphin gave their Ulster Bank League Division 1B survival hopes a huge boost with a victory over UCC at the Mardyke last night.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy 2-12 CBC Cork 0-11: St Colman’s College overcame the brave challenge of CBC in the Dr Harty Cup in Mallow yesterday to book their spot in the semi-final against Ardscoil Rís.

Well known GAA stars have joined forces with Special Olympics Ireland to get ‘freezin’ for a reason’ this December and take the Polar Plunge for charity.

The man who refereed the Kerry-Tyrone All-Ireland final 10 years ago has called for the GAA to establish a citing board to deal promptly with disciplinary issues such as feigning.

Tipperary 1-15 Clare 1-11

Christian Brothers College Cork 22 Crescent College Comprehensive 10:

Sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, Johnny Depp stars as a bumbling buffoon in comedy Mortdecai, New York-set drama A Most Violent Year and Mark Wahlberg plays a professor with a gambling addiction in The Gambler.

Dublin’s profit-making Castleknock Golf Course, on 125 acres by the capital, is being sold with a €2.5m price tag.

Sugar & Spice is a wonderful cooking competition& open to all ages and all levels of experience in aid of the very excellent Cork-based Hope Foundation charity, which works with deprived street children in Kolkata, India.

Galway 0-13 GMIT 0-6

Munster head coach Rob Penney has kept faith with fly-half Ian Keatley to regain his form and steer the province to victory over Gloucester at Kingsholm tonight (6pm).

Gloucester have added Meath man Shane Monahan to their Heineken Cup squad for Saturday’s meeting with Munster.

THE English comedian Patrick Monahan’s father is Irish and his mother is Iranian.

Details of the first use of a new law allowing no charges to be taken against a householder acting in self-defence, in a case where the intruder died after being stabbed, should emerge at an inquest this summer.

One of the most influential figures in British politics is set to deliver a prestigious lecture in Cork next month.

The father of Ciara Pugsley, a schoolgirl who died by suicide after a campaign of online bullying, has warned lives will continue to be lost unless steps are taken to tackle the problem.

Ian Madigan laid down a notable marker as Leinster kicked off their season with an impressive victory in the unfamiliar surroundings of Tallaght Stadium on Saturday evening.

A brilliant second-half fightback ensured victory for Minane Bridge in a closely contested DH4 final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

The cost of bullying in schools could be over €100m a year, a campaign group believes.

Gardaí were last night hoping to question a man about a double stabbing in an apartment block which left one man dead and another in hospital.

They will face tougher examinations during their efforts to retain the Sigerson Cup title but UCC made as positive and productive a start as possible in last night’s first-round tie in the Mardyke.

JOHN MAUGHAN’S NUI Galway side claimed their second inter-county scalp of the week when an Ian Galvin goal proved decisive at Tuam Stadium.

A budding stand-up comedian, who describes himself as the only stand-up of Irish-Iranian descent, has been launched into the spotlight after winning a UK television competition.

HEARTBREAK for Canovee at Donoughmore on Saturday, a devastating final five-minute spell propelling never-say-die Kildorrery into a Cork IFC quarter-final clash with either Éire Óg or Glanworth, a result, over the hour, they hardly deserved.

The organiser of an Ottawa music festival where the stage collapsed during a sudden storm, sending thousands of fans watching the band Cheap Trick scrambling to safety, called the accident "a freak situation".

Galway 2-16 Cavan 1-9

JARLATH’S in a Hogan Cup decider is no rare occurrence. Today the Tuam school competes in its 25th final in this competition.

IRISH Davis Cup ace James Cluskey has put himself in line to capture a doubles title on the ITF Men’s Futures Circuit for the second week on the trot.

WHEN he first began his photographic project documenting the departure of young emigrants in early 2010, David Monahan had no way of knowing a mass exodus was about to take place.

CONNACHT showed continuing improvement in their away form last night, grabbing a third bonus point on the road this season despite ultimately losing out against Edinburgh.

DIVISION 1B: Clontarf 25 Buccaneers 15

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 1A:

SLIGO, the only Connacht county never to win the U21 provincial title, advanced to a final showdown against Roscommon when they deservedly defeated a Galway side who won the All-Ireland minor title three years ago.

CBC advanced to an Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup final with Crescent Comprehensive but they may have used up all their luck defeating a gallant Ardscoil Rís at Dooradoyle yesterday.