It was the autumn of 1887. The warm summer was a distant memory. The hurlers of Tipperary and Kilkenny were about to meet for the first time in championship hurling. This rivalry — later to become one of the most vibrant in Gaelic games — got off to a start that was truly remarkable.

IT is a college where guns are treasured as much as human life, according to a Co Monaghan professor working for the tragic Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

A GUNMAN opened fire in a dorm and classroom at a US university yesterday, killing 32 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in US history.