Garveys Tralee Warriors staged a dramatic second half comeback to deny Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin in the Premier Men’s final at the 49th annual St Mary’s Castleisland Blitz played in front of a packed house at the Castleisland Community Hall.

Organised annually by the Munster Literature Centre, the 17th Cork International Short Story Festival — the only one of its kind in the country and now the oldest in the world — has been taking place in Leeside all week, giving readers and writers a rare chance to revel in the pleasures of short form fiction.

Munster women’s head coach Wayne Falvey looks forward to seeing what the next crop of young talent in the province can offer as they begin their interpro title defence against Ulster at Kingspan Stadium this afternoon (3pm).

Works by a number of Irish writers have been longlisted for the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Boxers and those more used to bruising political debates will take part in the “Brawl in the Hall” to raise funds for the local GAA club.

Celebrating the art and the craft of writing annually in Ireland’s oldest city, the Waterford Writer’s Weekend kicks off this week.

There are enough warning signs the world is in danger of reverting to an era when life-saving antibiotics were unavailable, a leading Irish microbiologist has warned.

One third of Irish people took antibiotics last year, compared to almost half in 2009, it has emerged.

AROUND 1,500 people visited GPs last week with suspected swine flu and the number will continue to rise, a senior public health specialist has revealed.

ALMOST all the money earned in the Irish music industry goes to the top 20 artists, a report revealed yesterday.