CORK C of I and Cork Harlequins all but kissed goodbye to any lingering hopes they might mount a challenge for a men’s Irish Hockey League semi-final spot, after suffering heavy defeats at home to Dublin opposition on Saturday.

UP to 2,000 mental health service users and their families are to be asked to rate the services they use in the community.

A US soldier accused of abusing Iraqis at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison faces more charges – this time for participating in sexually explicit photos.

US forces have launched a large-scale operation in southeastern Afghanistan aimed at Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.