Staff at Dell and EMC’s Cork offices were yesterday brought up to speed with the ongoing merger of their two businesses, as Michael Dell flew in to address them.

Criminal gangs have targeted members of the Irish Olympic rowing team, stealing outboard engines from support boats and attempting to sell them abroad.

The family of a young boy with cystic fibrosis was so disillusioned with the lack of facilities for their son at Cork University Hospital that they emigrated to New Zealand where they say services are far superior.