A detective unmasked as the writer of an anonymous blog after a Times journalist hacked into his email is suing the paper for damages, his solicitor has said.

Sky News authorised a journalist to hack into the emails of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin after ruling the action was in the public interest.

World no. 69 and Irish no. 2, Australian-born Liam Kenny, is the top ranked entry for the Munster Open Squash Championships at Cork clubs, Silversprings, Highfield and Sundays Well on the weekend of October 1-3.