FORMER Miss Ireland and social columnist Amanda Brunker will no doubt be hitting a few high notes when she joins seven other celebrities taking the reins of GAA teams for the hit RTÉ series Celebrity Bainisteoir.

IRELAND’S top female triathlete has been tragically killed while training in France.

IT was honours even for the four provinces last night at the RIAI’s 2006 Irish Architecture Awards when Environment Minister Dick Roche presented the four main prizes to projects in Cork, Galway, Belfast and Kildare.

JUAN Carlos Melgar Alba is part of the new face of the cocaine business in Ireland.

TWO men are on the run after they fled from a cocaine factory in a seaside apartment block shortly before a garda raid.

A PARENTS’ group has blamed the Department of Education for the shortage of primary school places that has resulted in one boy having to stay at home.

TEAM Ireland proved they were true champions with a total of 305 medals. They won 104 gold medals, 106 silver and 95 bronze.