MORE than 100 railway viaducts have been put through new safety checks since the near catastrophic Malahide bridge collapse last year, transport chiefs have revealed.

AN official report into the collapse of the railway viaduct at Malahide has found no records to show that Iarnród Éireann staff responsible for track inspections had carried out annual checks on the bridge for scour – the main cause of the bridge’s collapse.

The number of cross-border travellers using rail services between Belfast and Dublin has plummeted since the collapse of the Malahide viaduct in August.

THE Wild Geese left Ireland to enlist in foreign armies after the wars of the 1690s.

KATIE TINGLE (RCYC) has qualified for the World Optimist Championships, following her domination of the 18-race Allianz-sponsored Irish Optimist National Team sailing trials at Lough Ree and Broadmeadow, Malahide.