Martin Coppinger and Eddie Carr will face each other in the rescheduled All-Ireland senior final at Béal na mBláth on Saturday, August 24.

The clash of Martin Coppinger and David Murphy in Sunday’s Munster senior semi-final at Ballygurteen has quickly shifted bowling fans’ attention towards next month’s second All-Ireland series in Port Mór-Blackwatertown.

The wife of notorious Belgian paedophile Marc Dutroux who helped her husband attacks on children has been released from prison 22 years early, outraging her victims' families.

Martin Coppinger produced a massive last shot at Ballygurteen on Sunday to beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot of a closely contested Munster senior semi-final.

David Murphy kicked on from his European gold medal win to secure his place in the Munster senior semi-final with a comfortable win over James Buckley at Lyre on Sunday.

A man has been killed in a car crash in Co Cork today.

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IRELAND’S Louk Sorensen has dispelled fears that he might have retired for the second time this year after taking a four-week break from tournament action.

EDMUND SEXTON reached the Mick Barry Cup quarter- final when he beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot at Ballincurrig on Saturday.

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GARY DALY made a winning start to his Munster senior championship career by beating Gavin Twohig in the last shot at Béal na mBláth on Saturday.

THE indefatigable Tom Cooper has written an important and uncomfortable letter (March 1) on the subject of the cynical exploitation of the Irish war dead in the First World War.

THE former Fine Gael TD for Donegal North East, Paddy Harte OBE (Letters, February 8) appears to labour under the impression that Irishmen who fought for the British empire during the Great War have been ignored by the Irish state.

LOBBY group An Taisce has warned there is no justification in building a major motorway in north-west Cork, claiming it could inadvertently cause further flooding in the area.

THE little known Kerry Slug has crawled its way into the spotlight following a recent decision to re-route a small section of a major new roadway linking Cork and Kerry.

Pop superstar Madonna is being sued by a Belgian composer, who accuses the Material Girl of stealing the melody from his song My Life's Getting Nowhere for her 1998 hit Frozen.

IN the early months of World War 1, three myths arose. The first was that burly Cossacks sent by the Czar to help the Allies on the western front were seen embarking from British railway stations for Dover bound for France.

At least six Nato allies are refusing to send military instructors to help the United States train Iraqi officers, another impediment in the Bush administration’s drive for support for its effort to pacify Iraq.

At least six NATO allies are refusing to send military instructors to help the United States train Iraqi officers, another impediment in the Bush administration’s drive for support for its effort to pacify Iraq.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned today that European Union efforts to set up defence capabilities must not undermine the NATO alliance.

Seven people were killed and 23 injured in a fire early today at a public housing complex in south-east Belgium.