JP McManus has been named Limerick's person of the year.

LIMERICK last night took on the mantle of European City of Sport for the coming year, the first Irish city to be accorded the honour.

LANZAROTE, the number one holiday hot spot with Irish clients for the past eight years, is the focus of Topflight’s easy-on-the-pocket summer deals, with prices starting from €359 inclusive on Cork or Dublin departures.

ATLANTIC oarsman Sean McGowan knew there had to be a certain madness which persuaded him to embark on a solo boat row across the Atlantic.

IT was hugs and kisses all round yesterday for Ireland’s first Atlantic solo rower when he touched down on home soil after an epic 2,500 nautical mile journey through stormy seas.

BROADSIDED by waves, tossed into the ocean, and narrowly missing out on watching yesterday’s Munster match – such were the travails of a solo row across the Atlantic by Sean McGowan, the first Irishman to do so.

Limerick's Sean McGowan has become the first Irish rower to row solo cross the Atlantic.

A LIMERICK rower plans to become the first Irishman to row the Atlantic solo. Sean McGowan will set out on December 6 from the Canary Islands travelling to Antigua in the Caribbean.

IN A classic re-incarnation of two little girls fighting over their dolls, two of the world’s biggest toymakers will be heading to court this month to argue over who owns Bratz Dolls.

THE doctor who found a 20-month-old boy floating in a pond was one of a number of people enlisted to search by frantic nursery staff.

Jimmy Woulfe

Bohemians 1 Finn Harps 0

Finn Harps return to the Premier Division after a four-year absence aiming for a quick start against Cork City at Finn Park tonight.

CORK CITY manager, Damien Richardson, was cheered yesterday by the news that centre-forward John O’Flynn had overcome a foot injury in time for tonight’s eircom League tie against Finn Harps in Ballybofey.

Finn Harps Football Club and Noel King have parted company with immediate effect.