Searches are due to resume off Co Mayo today for the lost crew of Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116.

The Policing Authority has drawn up a panel of 15 senior officers for promotion to the rank of chief superintendent after the biggest ever independent selection process for An Garda Síochána.

Update 10.30pm: Gardaí have confirmed a body have been discovered on board the wreckage of the Rescue 116 aircraft.

Jason Clifford and Tony Healy have a close shave at the Rally of the Lakes. And then another one… Keep it together lads! OOOOH JESUS CHRISHT!

A mother of five suffered septicaemia and died after a back operation at Cork University Hospital and yesterday her family was awarded €85,000 in compensation.

Gavin Twohig brought his recent good form into 2013 with an impressive win over Arthur McDonagh in the Billy Molloy Cup at Whitechurch.

The eagerly-awaited first round of the men’s Open Singles serves off today at the World Handball Championships in CityWest, with the meeting of Cork’s Tony Healy and rising New York star Tyree Bastidas arguably the tie of the round.

GAA Handball Ireland have confirmed that the 2012 World Handball Championships will take place at the Citywest International Convention Arena in October next year.

SOCIAL Welfare inspectors are investigating 220 people in relation to this month’s Smithfield horse fair in Dublin.

MORE than 60 men have been arrested and convicted for soliciting street prostitutes following a major undercover operation, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

CAMPAIGNERS and support groups for prostitutes have welcomed a Garda initiative targeting the users of street prostitutes.

It was honours even for the GAA Presidents at the Ultimate Handball Showdown at Croke Park this afternoon as the GAA's 125th Anniversary celebrations drew to a close.

Cavan's Paul Brady is through to the semi-finals of the Men's Open at the World Handball Championships in Portland, Oregon.

Cork’s Tony Healy and Cavan’s Paul Brady will fight it out for the Men’s Open US Nationals title in Kansas, Missouri today following their decisive semi-final victories.

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.

CORK’S Tony Healy cemented his place as top seed when defeating Dublin’s Eoin Kennedy to take his third consecutive senior men’s crown at the Envirogreen Resource Nationals in Kilkenny yesterday.

THE courts of Kilkenny and Carlow come alive today when the top handballers go to battle in the Envirogreen Resource Irish National Finals.

The weekend’s handball action went according to the script, as all the top seeds survived their respective DALKIA Senior Singles Championship clashes to confirm quarter-final spots.

Following a three-month break from the game, Cavan’s Paul Brady returns to competitive handball action this weekend where he takes on Antrim’s Owen McKenna in the DALKIA Senior Singles quarter-final.

CAVAN’S Paul Brady collected a cheque for $25,000 (€17,637) after winning the US Open of Handball in California on Sunday night.

IRELAND’S chances of keeping the men’s world handball singles title will become clearer in Canada tonight as the quarter-finals get under way in Edmonton.

WORLD and US Open singles and doubles champion Paul Brady and Tony Healy of Cork will lead the Irish handball team in the forthcoming Waterford Crystal World Handball Championships in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from August 4-13.

Cavan man Paul Brady is well used to blazing a trail in the handball world, but he could notch another milestone at the 2006 Waterford World Handball Championships in Edmonton next month.

EIGHT patients of one Dublin hospital sent to Britain for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) returned in worse health.

THE drinks industry has rejected doctors’ calls for increasing the price of spirits by half in the next Budget, arguing alcohol consumption is a personal choice unlinked to cost.

The semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Singles 40x20 Handball Championships will be played this weekend with the prospect of two mouth-watering clashes between four of Ireland’s top players — Tony Healy (Cork), Eoin Kennedy (Dublin), Paul Brady (Cavan) and Dessie Keegan (Mayo).

PAUL BRADY has his sights set on handball’s world number one ranking having scooped the sport’s biggest jackpot in Seattle.

DEEP vein thrombosis (DVT) can cause serious health problems for bus passengers, a consultant has warned.

OVER 1,000 competitors from eight countries are gathering in Kilkenny for the 2003 World handball championships which begin this Friday.

Two Inter-County Referees and an International Handballer have won the Eircell Vodafone GAA Player of the Month Awards.