A businessman held by kidnappers for six months on the Greek island of Crete has been rescued by police.

100-YEAR-OLD GERMAN TURNS TABLES ON TRICKSTER

BUPA Cork City Sports received another off-season accolade this week when last summer's edition was ranked sixth on the evaluation list of outdoor meetings for 2005, with the points total reaching a stunning 79,994 - only slightly behind the total for the second-placed meeting.