Kya de Longchamps explores some seductive Italian furniture by resonant design names, that was the height of fashion in the 1970s and which is now coming round again and is highly collectible.

St Finbarr’s 1-10 Dromtarriffe 1-9: A much improved second-half display was just about enough for St Finbarr’s in yesterday’s competitive Cork County Junior B inter-divisional hurling championship final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Name: Sinéad Burke

An armed man is holding several people hostage in a clothing store in the German city of Leipzig, police said today.