More additions to student accommodation provision in Cork are to be made after permission has been granted for a development with over 200 bed spaces near the city centre.

Lily Parr. Remember the name, particularly because she should never have been forgotten in the first place, writes Liam Mackey.

Plans for the overhaul and extension of the Metropole Hotel in Cork city centre have been detailed by the company proposing the works.

Senior Cup final day invariably draws past-pupils together in fierce shows of pride. Today, most of the Glenstal Abbey side of 47 years ago will reconvene at Thomond Park, memories still sharp of the only other occasion the school made a senior final.

THE city centre garage site of the former motor dealership, PJ O’Hea’s, which was in business for 87 years, has been put up for sale a decade after its short-lived relocation to East Gate.

Your guide on what to watch on the box tonight.

Alan Rickman’s latest role as King Louis is another example of his penchant for playing real people, writes Ed Power.

Would You Believe? The Tuam Babies, Sunday, RTÉ One.

IF there was an Olympic sport for multi-tasking, chances are Dr Pixie McKenna, 43, would win gold.

The Duke of Edinburgh is likely to have an underlying cause of his bladder infection and there is little he can do personally to ease the condition, an expert said tonight.

The way has been cleared for the transfer of land on historic Abbey Island, in the Derrynane National Historic Park, to Kerry County Council to allow for the extension of a unique island graveyard.

IT was a funeral with a rich historical resonance, but few local people would have taken much notice of the procession of mourners along a beautiful, wind-blown sea shore in south Kerry.

Around 60 women marched to Harley Street in London today calling for private clinics to replace PIP breast implants for free.

Comedy star Jennifer Saunders has opened up about suffering depression following her treatment for breast cancer.

ACTOR Rowan Atkinson was discharged from hospital in a wheelchair yesterday after his car burst into flames after it crashed into a tree.

MAN UNITED fans will be seeing a different Wayne Rooney next season, not least because the forward has undergone a hair transplant.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has undergone his fourth stint in rehab.

Singer Pete Doherty was today warned he could face jail again after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine.

Amy Winehouse is suffering from food poisoning.

ACTOR Simon MacCorkindale, who starred in TV’s Casualty, has died after a four-and-a-half-year battle with cancer, publicist Max Clifford said yesterday.

Amy Winehouse’s father was rushed to hospital with chest pains.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON has gifted Irish golf tourism the ultimate mulligan by agreeing to front Fáilte Ireland’s new €1.5m worldwide “marketing blitz” free of charge.

Singer Amy Winehouse nipped out of hospital in London to perform on stage alongside her budding chart star father Mitch on Tuesday night.

Singer and DJ Sonique was in a “stable condition” today after a breast cancer operation, her spokesman said.

Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brad Jones has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract.

Reality TV star Jade Goody underwent an eight-hour radical hysterectomy operation.

Reality TV star Jade Goody underwent an eight-hour radical hysterectomy operation today.

Reality TV star Jade Goody will undergo a hysterectomy today following the devastating diagnosis that she has cancer.

Veteran film director and food critic Michael Winner is being treated in hospital after falling ill while on holiday in Barbados.

The former Chilean dictator remained stubbornly opposed to any efforts to bring him to trial, writes Chris Moncrieff.

British model/actress Elizabeth Hurley has sparked reports she is pregnant with her second child after she was spotted leaving an antenatal clinic.

NOW that Cork is the European Capital of Culture, is it too much to expect that the organising committee would spell our street names correctly?

CORK city’s infamous riverbanks will be the central focus of the largest outdoor event ever to be staged here when the city is officially unveiled as the 2005 European Capital of Culture on Saturday night.

Kerry McFadden has checked into the Priory feeling “very down” following her marriage break-up.

Eighties pop star Shakin' Stevens is undergoing tests in hospital following a heart scare.

British supermodel and new mother Kate Moss is seeking help for a sleeping disorder at a top London clinic.

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle winning jockey, Norman Williamson, has been forced to retire on medical advice.

A pop star today admitted burgling a former bandmate’s home after leaving their group.

FOR 14 holes at Olympia Fields yesterday, Pádraig Harrington looked every bit the potential US Open champion.

ONE of the country’s leading private maternity hospitals did not have the surgical equipment needed to remove a dead foetus from a patient’s womb, the High Court has heard.