Munster’s Lions trio are set for their seasonal debuts on Saturday with Tommy O’Donnell believing Peter O’Mahony has returned from the New Zealand tour a better captain.

Wind and rain will continue to blight parts of Britain threatening further travel chaos after torrential downpours caused flash-flooding and disruption across most of the country.

Ed Power meets up with soprano Katherine Jenkins. Did he find the foot-stomping, champagne flute-hurling uber-diva that many would expect? 

A council boss in the UK has been suspended over allegations that she bit the backside of her only male colleague in an otherwise all-women department.

A Welsh cinema is giving away free insurance to help pay the funeral costs of anyone literally scared to death watching the latest horror smash.

Children at British private schools face the greatest risk from the measles outbreak and could pose a health threat to the rest of the population, a leading doctor has warned.

THE news that the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra has secured superstar Katherine Jenkins for two concerts next December has created quite a stir among classical music fans.

Ryan Giggs will make his 1,000th senior competitive appearance tonight after he was named in Manchester United’s starting XI for their Champions League match against Real Madrid at Old Trafford.

There are four Irish coaches responsible for the fortunes of non-Irish teams in this season’s Heineken Cup and, by a quirk of fate, three of them will be plotting the downfall of Irish teams in round two this weekend.

Ronnie O’Sullivan believes quiffed Crucible new boy Jamie Jones can carry off the Betfred.com World Championship title.

Ronnie O’Sullivan should today reap reward for the scintillating session of snooker which carried him to the brink of another Crucible victory over Mark Williams.

Ronnie O’Sullivan turned the most keenly-anticipated first-round match at the Betfred.com World Championship into a procession as he surged 7-2 ahead of Peter Ebdon.

Wales prop Adam Jones has signed a new two-year contract with the Ospreys.

Portsmouth’s home match against Hull became the first npower Championship fixture to fall victim to the weather as it was postponed due to a frozen pitch this morning.

Ireland will make history tomorrow when they host France in the first rugby league match to be held at the rugby union stronghold of Thomond Park in Limerick.

PRAYERS will be said across churches in Wales tomorrow for the loved ones of the four victims who perished in the Gleision colliery disaster.

The deaths of four miners trapped in a flooded mine were tonight described as a “stab through the heart” of a community hoping they could be rescued alive.

FOUR miners trapped underground in a coal pit were named last night as rescue efforts continued.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was fighting to keep Labour in power today by tempting the Liberal Democrats into a coalition government as Britain seemed set for a hung parliament.

NO ONE should worry that any of Munster’s Grand Slam heroes might not be ‘up for’ tomorrow’s Heineken Cup quarter-final with Ospreys at Thomond Park.

Wales manager John Toshack has given a first international call-up to Chelsea goalkeeper Rhys Taylor for their forthcoming friendly with Georgia.

SPORTING excellence can be found in the most unlikely of places but few can be as incongruous as a soulless industrial estate on the outskirts of High Wycombe, a town in South Buckinghamshire 30 miles west-north-west of London.

EBOOKERS.ie has noticed a massive increase in the number of people buying travel insurance, with an increase of 117% in bookings so far this year.

Legendary Wales fly-half Neil Jenkins is convinced James Hook will use this World Cup as the launch-pad to become the best number 10 on the planet.

Connacht 13 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 22

The Ireland U21 team and replacements to play against Wales U21 in Neath, on Friday March 18 at 7pm is as follows:

Ireland U-21 13 France U-21 20

Neath-Swansea 20 Castres 11

Castres 58 Harlequins 13

Castres 58 Harlequins 13

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 24 Harlequins 7

Ireland prop Marcus Horan is at the centre of a racial abuse row following Munster’s Heineken Cup clash at Neath-Swansea Ospreys on Sunday.

THE grieving parents of a Welsh 13-year-old, who died following a suicide pact with a friend, yesterday released a letter written by their daughter which highlights her anguish at being bullied at school.

GARETH LLEWELLYN will overtake goal-kicking legend Neil Jenkins to make a record-breaking 88th Wales appearance when he lines up in the second-row against Argentina at Tucuman on Saturday.

Opera star Katherine Jenkins will sing the British national anthem at this year’s Rugby League Challenge Cup Final, it was announced today.

Leinster Lions 16 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 16

Mark Williams made an ideal start to the defence of his Embassy World Championship title in Sheffield this morning.

Hundreds of Welsh rugby fans planning to go to Dublin for next week’s international face missing out because their travel company has gone into liquidation, it emerged today.

Calvisano 26 Celtic Warriors 28

Leeds go into a crucial Heineken Cup clash against unbeaten Edinburgh tomorrow, with Tykes boss Phil Davies declaring: “Our European adventure is still alive.”

Llanelli 28 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 15