Thomas Mackle created history by winning a fourth successive Hurley’s of Midleton King of the Roads at Ballincurrig yesterday.

Expensive clothes are not necessary for Confirmation. Nearly-new will do, or buy practical outfits, says Sue Leonard

The US military offered its condolences today to the family of an award-winning journalist who shot dead in Iraq by American soldiers who mistook his camera for a rocket propelled grenade launcher.