One Night in Winter

“NICE media facilities,” quips Shay Given as we seek shelter from a stiff sea breeze in the tiny groundsman’s hut at Gannon Park in Malahide.

RUSSIAN forces yesterday built a sentry post just 48km from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia, despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a ceasefire signed by both countries.

A special forces soldier said terrorists who seized more than 1,000 hostages in a school two months ago were more numerous than the government claimed, a Russian newspaper reported today.