DERVAL O’ROURKE faces a busy few days as she fine tunes her preparations for the world championships in Daegu later this month.

THE gunman who carried out the Tucson, Arizona, massacre has refused to say anything to police since he was taken into custody.

The gunman who carried out the Tucson massacre in the US has refused to say anything to police since he was taken into custody.

DERVAL O’ROURKE bounced back from a disappointing disqualification in Barcelona on Friday night to claim her eighth 100m hurdles title and equal Susan Smith’s record at the Woodies DIY National senior championships at Morton Stadium yesterday.

UNTIL last weekend, Robert Heffernan held every race walking record up to 50k. But along came his old training partner, Jamie Costin, who smashed his 3,000m time before his home fans at Cork City Sports.

I HAVE never seen such a sexist picture in a national newspaper as that on your front page (Irish Examiner, November 23).

I AGREE wholeheartedly with the sentiments expressed by Mary Cleary (Irish Examiner letters, September 15) concerning the recent TCD study on domestic violence.

IT is unlikely at this stage that anyone will be surprised by a recent study of patients attending their family doctors which found that 52% of men and 43% of women have experienced domestic violence.

Cork woman Derval O'Rourke has broken the Irish 100 metres hurdles record for the second time in the space of 15 days.

Ireland celebrated in style at the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey tonight as Ailis McSweeney and Derval O'Rourke, both products of Cork's Leevale club, grabbed podium finishes.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN finished 15th of 16 finishers in the 1,500m at the Grand Prix in Madrid on Sunday night, but it was a run that was totally out of context and there is no need to panic.

Saturday’s BUPA Ireland Cork City Sports presents a number of local athletes with a golden opportunity to grab the limelight at Ireland's leading international track and field fixture.

DERVAL O’ROURKE has set two national under-23 records in three meets so far this season, and should she maintain this type of improvement the Cork starlet could be faced with something of a dilemma come August when the World Student Games in Korea clash with the IAAF world championships in Paris.

A TERMINALLY ill teenager yesterday married the woman he hopes will carry his test-tube baby.

A BRITISH teenager who has been told he may have only three months to live has asked fertility experts to help his fiancée have his child.