Lee Valley will be hoping to put another dent in Mountbellew’s AIG Ladies Cups and Shields dream when they take on the Galway minnows in the Minor Cup final at Malone today.

When Jim Culloty walks through his stables at Mount Corbitt in Churchtown, Cork, he tends to count the heads of his horses.

Take that, rain. The homecoming for Ireland’s Olympians began as a washout but, with a flash of gold, the downpour stopped, proving that a storm is no match for medal-winning boxers.

IN the coronary care unit of a Cork hospital, the miracle of birth and the miracle of life are tightly bound.