A hard-hitting sexual assault awareness campaign targeting potential offenders has been launched at Irish universities to encourage men to change their attitudes.

Until this season, the Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team were really only known for one saga: the infamous big-money acquisition of Wayne Gretzky, a move that shocked the sport and tore the heart out of a city and a country in the late 1980s.

GAA Handball Ireland have confirmed that the 2012 World Handball Championships will take place at the Citywest International Convention Arena in October next year.

SOME 23 years after he won the event, Tralee’s Donie Horan headlines Kerry Motor Club’s Tyre Stop-backed Rallysprint tomorrow at Tralee Racecourse. The 46-year-old makes his first competitive outing since the mid-1980s and will drive a hired Mitsubishi Evo9.

A broken water main sent thousands of gallons of water flowing into rock star Eddie Van Halen’s Los Angeles garden.

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Leinster and Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll has sent a message of good luck to the Irish women’s rugby team as the squad prepare for their departure to Canada for the IRB Rugby World Cup this Sunday.

WORLD and US Open singles and doubles champion Paul Brady and Tony Healy of Cork will lead the Irish handball team in the forthcoming Waterford Crystal World Handball Championships in Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, from August 4-13.

IRELAND A coach Michael Bradley has made six changes to the Ireland A team to take on England Saxons in the Churchill Cup Plate final tomorrow at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada.

Ireland have been seeded tenth of twelve competing nations for the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup finals in Edmonton, Canada.

Samoa were yesterday announced as the 12th and final participants in the 2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup, which will be staged in Edmonton, Canada, next September.

British biotech firm Xenova today said it was making progress with its key cancer and anti-addiction drugs as it posted a 3% fall in half-yearly operating losses to £8.1m (€12.1m).

HAVING recently completed a family visit to Mallow I am compelled to comment on Irish drivers and the dreaded Kinsale Road roundabout in Cork city.

Sarah Reilly has set a new Irish record in 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships at Edmonton, Canada.

Mark Carroll has missed out on a place in the final of the Men's 5000 metres at the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

The opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships was followed by the men’s marathon which was won by Gezahenge Abera of Ethiopia in a time of two hours, 12 minutes and 42 seconds.

An Irish team of 19 has been announced for the forthcoming world championships in Edmonton, Canada.

The Executive Director of the Chernobyl Children's Project, Adi Roche, is to be honoured with a doctorate of laws from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

Sonia O'Sullivan has confirmed that she will run in the Ballycotton 10K event on June 24.