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The last time most of us saw or heard of David Rudisha and Brother Colm O’Connell, the young Kenyan was stunning the world at the London Games and the Irish missionary was looking on back in Kenya, oblivious to the plaudits being showered his way.

Born in Kilbreedy (1869-1938), near Kilmallock, Co Limerick, John J Flanagan was one of the most proficient athletes ever produced by this country. He became the first man to be crowned Olympic champion in one specific event at three consecutive games.

Historian Dr Tom Hunt came up with a few gems from Ireland’s lesser known Olympic triumphs and disasters

AS JOHN TREACY ran the finishing 100 metres of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic marathon, the RTÉ commentator, Jimmy Magee, listed 12 names.

Saorview’s digital roll-out has been extended to include pockets of patchy coverage in West Cork where five existing masts will be upgraded to broadcast the service.

The problem of patchy television reception across West Cork was debated at a public meeting last night.

IT was such a coveted secret that Hitler sent his most trusted filmmaker to Ireland to capture it.

CHARLEVILLE CBS revived their Dr Harty Cup campaign with a merited success over Coláiste Chríost Rí in Mourneabbey yesterday and set up a crunch clash with St Caimin’s (Shannon) to decide who will gain the second quarter-final spot from Group B.

TWO cracking Harty Cup games down for decision this afternoon with an all-Waterford tie taking place at Fraher Field, Dungarvan between DLS Waterford and Blackwater CS while at Mourneabbey, Coláiste Chríost Rí take on Charleville CBS in an all-Cork clash.

CHAMPIONS Ardscoil Rís opened the defence of their Dr Harty Cup title in fine style with a comfortable 3-22 to 0-8 win over Waterford Colleges in Tipperary Town.

A HIGH Court judge has asked the DPP to examine alleged forged signatures on loan documents of ACC Bank plus a “fictitious” P60 in the bank’s files certifying a much higher rate of pay for a retired Garda in a case where the bank yesterday secured judgment for €3.27 million against the retired Garda and three others.

EILEEN O’KEEFFE made Irish athletics history when finishing sixth in the final of the hammer throw at the World Championships in Osaka two years ago.

PAT O’CALLAGHAN is principal of Burncourt National School, a two-teacher school in south Tipperary, where the 35 boys and girls find the internet a vital research tool, particularly for subjects like geography, history and science.

THE Olympic Games have lost much of their glamour over the drug cheats.

IN ITS current line of investigation the planning tribunal has turned to one man to explain Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s complicated finances.

EILEEN O’KEEFFE has had one eye on the weather forecast in the hours leading up to today’s defence of her hammer title at the Woodies DIY national track and field championships at Morton Stadium.

HUNDREDS of unemployed people in Cork face the prospect of a brighter 2007 as O’Callaghan Properties yesterday announced a jobs initiative.

TWO Limerick youths, aged 17, were remanded in custody at a special sitting of Limerick District Court last night in connection with Sunday’s fire bomb attack.

SHE doesn’t have a coach, she doesn’t even have a proper place to train, but Eileen O’Keeffe will enter the circle at these world championships today alongside some of the best hammer throwers in the world with a big chance of making the final.

A young lobster fisherman who died off the coast of Cork was not wearing a lifejacket, it emerged today.

Greg Norman’s belief that golf should be inducted into the Olympics for the 2008 Games in Beijing was heartily endorsed by world number eight Padraig Harrington today.

LIMERICK County Board chairman Pat Fitzgerald last night hit back at the county’s former hurling manager Dave Keane.

DAVE KEANE had his two-year contract as manager of the Limerick Senior Hurling team terminated last evening after a vote of no confidence.

TWO newspaper headlines caught my attention last weekend: