Teenage starlet Shane O’Donoghue is one of many Irish internationals facing a busy Easter weekend of hockey across two different countries, as the U21 interpros, EuroHockey League last 16 and an international series in Germany test the country’s top players.

Three Rock Rovers’ Turkish travails ended on a high yesterday after they earned promotion for Ireland back to European indoor hockey’s third tier.

“Insta by the grace of God” is their club slogan, but Catholic Institute certainly haven’t needed any divine inspiration this season.

They say you don’t win titles at Christmas — but if you’re Catholic Institute, you can certainly win them in January.

BANDON’S Irish Hockey League qualification hopes were dealt a bitter blow as they were undone by a late Three Rock Rovers goal on day one of the wildcard play-offs at Garryduff last night.

THE focus turns to interprovincial action a little earlier in the season than usual this weekend as the U16 and U18 boys and girls pit their wits against each other at Grange Road and UCD.

GOALKEEPER Brian Corcoran embellished a growing reputation for saving vital penalty strokes as Bandon Grammar School claimed their sixth Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup in succession in dramatic fashion at Garryduff yesterday.

Former WorldCom finance chief Scott Sullivan has today been sentenced to five years in prison for his high-ranking role in the largest accounting fraud in US history.

Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers, convicted last month of orchestrating the €8bn accounting fraud that sank the company, has asked for a new trial, citing unfair rulings by the judge.

BERNARD EBBERS, who built WorldCom from a humble Mississippi long-distance firm into a telecommunications titan, is facing up to 85 years in jail after being convicted yesterday of engineering the colossal accounting fraud that sank the company.

Former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers has been indicted on federal charges stemming from the multibillion dollar accounting scandal at the telecommunications giant.

Criminal charges are expected to be announced against former WorldCom chief executive Bernard Ebbers, a source familiar with the case said today.

Model Jordan today admitted she was “besotted” with fellow I’m A Celebrity... star Peter Andre and said she “can’t wait” to see him for the first time since they returned from the Australian jungle.

Kerry McFadden, Peter Andre and Jennie Bond were hoping to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle today as ITV’s I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here came to a climax.

Peter Andre and Jordan were beginning another day of I’m A Celebrity…as their flirty relationship was dissolving in the jungle heat.

Jordan says she wants "loads of children" but isn't sure who the father will be.

A US judge has approved a $750m (€662m) settlement between US regulators and WorldCom, saying a substantially heavier fine for a corporate accounting fraud scandal would “unfairly penalise” the company’s 50,000 employees.

A United States judge today approved a $750m (€662m) settlement between US regulators and WorldCom, saying a substantially heavier fine for a corporate accounting fraud scandal would “unfairly penalise” the company’s 50,000 employees.

WorldCom Inc has agreed to pay investors a record $500m (€428.5m) to settle civil fraud charges over its $11bn (€9.42bn)-dollar accounting scandal, which was the biggest in US corporate history.

Singer Diana Ross said she was trying to rent a video and got lost when she was stopped for allegedly driving under the influence, according a police report.

Three former WorldCom executives may plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors investigating America’s biggest accounting scandal.

A significant development in the US government's criminal case against former WorldCom Inc chief financial officer Scott Sullivan is likely to be announced in the next few hours, according to sources close to the case.

WorldCom Inc has uncovered a further €2 billion in fraudulent accounting in financial reports filed for 1999 and 2000, CNBC reported, citing people close to the matter.

Two former WorldCom executives are to face federal charges of financial wrongdoing.

WorldCom, the US telecoms giant, became the biggest bankrupt in history today, but the company’s chief executive said it would have no effect on the company’s customers.

WorldCom is planning to file for bankruptcy protection, according to its chief executive.

WorldCom's former chief executive officer was aware of accounting irregularities, company attorneys have told legislators.

WorldCom's former chairman has refused to answer questions from a congressional panel investigating accounting irregularities at the company.

INVOKING his Fifth Amendment right, WorldCom's former chairman refused to answer questions yesterday from a congressional panel investigating nearly $4 billion in accounting irregularities at the telecommunications giant.

Mel Dick, the engagement partner responsible for Arthur Andersen LLP's audit of troubled telecommunications company WorldCom Inc, said he had no knowledge that senior WorldCom executives were allegedly manipulating its accounts to boost profits.

US regulators have given WorldCom until Monday to provide details of how £2.5 billion of expenses were hidden from shareholders.

US regulators have given WorldCom until Monday to provide details of how €3.8bn of expenses were hidden from shareholders.

Three WorldCom bosses have been ordered to testify at a Congressional hearing to investigate how the telecom giant inflated its profits by €3.8bn.

With his company accused of a massive £2.5bn (€3.85bn) fraud and facing bankruptcy, WorldCom chief executive John Sidgmore has vowed to continue cutting costs.

Irish stocks have fallen by 3% in morning trading in the wake of revelations of massive fraud at another major US company.

The London market slumped nearly 200 points in the first minutes of trading today, hit by a shock announcement last night from US telecoms giant WorldCom.

An investigation by US telecommunications giant WorldCom’s board of directors uncovered nearly $3.8bn (€3.83bn) in improperly booked expenses, the company said, revealing what appears to be among the largest cases ever of accounting fraud.