A leading American professional handball promoter has described 21-year-old Cork sensation Catriona Casey as “the best female handball player that has ever lived”.

He may have reached this point three times in his career to date, but, ahead of tonight’s World Championships Open Singles final, Paul Brady has declared: “I’m hungrier than ever”.

A leading consulting engineering company and senior project engineer have been acquitted of breaches of the Health and Safety Act arising out of a fatal accident at a construction site seven years ago.

The fixing of the Dalkia All-Ireland Handball championship finals for O'Loughlin Gaels in Kilkenny this weekend has led to anger among Ulster Council handball officials and players.

THE Irish representatives had mixed fortunes at the US Junior Handball Championships which concluded in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday night.