When Eamonn Fitzmaurice flew back to Kerry’s Algarve training camp on Saturday night after Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne’s defeat, it was the first time since agreeing to the Kingdom hot seat last August that he was finally able to focus on one team.

STRESS — shrugged the doctor who really believes I am a hypochondriac.

DESPITE an ash cloud 2,100 miles long and 1,400 miles wide hovering off the west coast, Irish airports will be open for business for much of today, allowing airlines to operate a near-normal service.

PORTUGUESE detectives failed to ask for any follow- up investigation after a girl resembling Madeleine McCann was caught on CCTV in New Zealand, it emerged yesterday.

Investigators searching for Madeleine McCann must have access to previously unseen files held by Portuguese police, a spokesman for her parents said.

MADELEINE McCann’s father returned to Britain yesterday after making his first visit to Portugal in 16 months.

Kate and Gerry McCann were today given fresh hope that Madeleine is alive after learning of the discovery of a bag of clothes with a possible DNA link to their daughter.

Madeleine McCann’s parents woke up today back home in Britain, but without their missing daughter and with a cloud of suspicion hanging over them.

THE McCanns arrived as a family of five in the Algarve, but yesterday almost four months to the day, they left as a family of just four.

The family of missing Madeleine McCann flew out of Portugal today to return to Britain.

TOURISM is one of Portugal’s most important economic activities.

THE Irish developers of one of Europe’s most prestigious golf resorts believe it will be hosting European tour events within a decade.