WHAT do you do when it’s your birthday and you are miles from nowhere with neither home nor hostelry in sight? Throw a party, of course, with the help of friends, family — and NASA.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect a mobile phone mast in the spire of an historic Church of Ireland church were shot down yesterday.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly came in for stinging criticism at yesterday’s Cork GAA convention for ‘espousing’ personal views on the opening up of Croke Park to rugby and soccer.