An anonymous donor from the Netherlands has pledged €100,000 to save an Irish monastery.

Sergiu Ciobanu (Clonliffe Harriers) yesterday retained his Ballycotton 10 mile road race title with a powerful display in East Cork.

A Meath couple have been ordered by the High Court to demolish their family home which was built without planning permission.

A HUSBAND and wife on their way to a funeral with an American relative were among five people killed on the nation’s roads over the weekend.

THE stamina of the world class racewalker was underscored at Inchigeela yesterday when Robert Heffernan turned in a power-packed display of front running to win the Cork senior cross-country championship title.