Molly Sterling represents Ireland in the Eurovision semi-final on Thursday.

A national treatment centre for a rare form of cancer which claimed the lives of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and former Fine Gael deputy leader Jim Mitchell has been established here.

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IT WAS a historic week: Michael D went to meet the Queen; Martin Mac went to meet the Queen; Tommie Gorman went to meet the Queen.

Recently-appointed Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has revealed he thought his players would be “concerned” about the addition of Roy Keane to his managerial ticket.

The Tipp man was displaced, confused, seeking mercy. It was a time when the bus station in Parnell Place still required potential travellers to pack a strong grasp of chaos theory, just to have half a chance.

It was the kind of gathering Colm Murray would have loved.

RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman has played a leading role in establishing a support group for people with a rare cancer that he has been dealing with for almost 20 years.

Seán Quinn, once the richest man in Ireland, was this week found guilty of contempt of court. With the law no longer on his side, his fall from grace continues, writes Micheal Clifford

I’ve watched RTE reporter Tommie Gorman’s 18 minute interview on May 2 with Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Sean Brady, about when, in 1975, as a part-time 36 year-old-secretary to a bishop, he was the notetaker at a meeting with a young man telling his story of being abused by the most persistent of paedophile priests, Fr Brendan Smyth.

Sean Quinn’s reputation as a man of the people whose word is his bond will be severely tested next week when bankruptcy hearings kick off in the High Court, says Michael Clifford

A MAJOR medical symposium will be held in UCC tomorrow concerning the rare cancer that killed Apple computer company founder Steve Jobs.

The British Queen’s visit will represent an extraordinary moment in the history of the island, President Mary McAleese has said.

THE widower of Michaela Harte-McAreavey, who was murdered in Mauritius just days into her honeymoon, has said he bears no anger towards her killers.

SO what are we to make of the upholding of that two-match ban on W***e R****y then? Right, wrong or, as leading human rights activist Rio Ferdinand would have it, the workings of a lynch mob?

JONATHAN SWIFT wrote those lines in 1703, so it would seem builders have long enjoyed their reputation.

HANKIES at the ready, everybody.

TEN YEARS on from that Good Friday, and despite Anglo-Irish relations never having been so good, it’s still a tale of three cities. London, Dublin and Belfast continue to inhabit very different mental worlds. Reactions to a newly-published account of the search for Northern peace by Tony Blair’s chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, are a case in point.

INFLATION might be creeping upwards but RTÉ’s top stars are still managing to stay on top of things — with the likes of Pat Kenny, for instance, enjoying a 7.5% pay rise and earning €849,139 for his radio and TV work in 2006.

WHEN people aren’t feeling sorry for them, they’re saying they shouldn’t even be admitted to the top table, but today your frank and fearless columnist asks: who wouldn’t want to play for San Marino?

Three eventful years into an inter-county career, Kerry’s Paul Galvin says he’s still learning his trade. He’s also one of the GAA’s more insightful interviewees, says Tony Leen.

SO, FAREWELL then, Roy Keane. Again. The man who twice retired from international football has now parted company with Manchester United, and this time we can say with certainty that there will be no second coming. At least not at Old Trafford.

HERE we go again. All must wait with bated breath for the IRA’s next historic statement. Yet again they have us all hanging around - and have kept all the media attention focused squarely on their agenda.

IN RECENT weeks rumour had it that in West Belfast you could buy a £20 Northern Bank note for £1.

Three Co Leitrim families devastated by the suicide of loved ones have been moved to organise a two-day seminar on the suicide issue in their home village next month.

Roy Keane last night claimed ‘‘maybe there is a way’’ he could still play in the World Cup but added the decision about whether he would rejoin the Republic of Ireland squad was not up to him.