He’s served Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Lily Allen and other high-flying celebs at 35,000ft. Now Owen Beddall tells all about his time as a flight attendant in a new book. Hannah Stephenson reports

From Pet Shop Boys to Portishead, the impressive bill of fare at this year’s Electric Picnic caters for all musical tastes. Ed Power recommends some choice cuts.

Newtownshandrum 1-19 UCC 0-21

Maribor 1 Celtic 1

Anyone who thought Dr Doolittle was a load of rubbish may have to think again. Scientists have shown that animal “languages” are actually much more than just the simple sequences of grunts and whistles we assumed before.

Champions League Play-off, First Leg

Dolphins and whales literally squeal with pleasure, say scientists who claim to have shown that the sound expresses emotion.

The recent Prime Time documentary Inside Bungalow 3, aired on December 9 last, has once again demonstrated the plight of people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland.

South Kerry SFC final: St Mary’s 0-14 Waterville Frank Casey’s 0-7

Anthony Foley needs his beaten up Munster squad to stand up and be counted this week as he prepares them for the biggest challenge of his short tenure as head coach. 

Dungarvan, Co Waterford €550,000

Scenario A. A Kilkenny team versus an Offaly team in the Leinster club hurling final in Portlaoise tomorrow. It may not result in a win for the Offaly crowd but the chances are it’ll be close.

One David Hickey, with an address in Wales, was moved to put pen to paper after watching the recent England-Germany women’s international on television.

Here are some of the most memorable quotes from the Kerry politician.

To deter US from torturing again, those involved should be prosecuted, if not the least that can be done is to enact policies to ensure its recurrence is less likely, says Kenneth Roth.

Any hope the Government might have harboured that reductions in water charges would mollify the public at large has been surely dashed by the tens of thousands of people who took to the streets of Dublin yesterday.

Champions League Group B

After the high of the autumn international series and the feel good factor attaching to the confirmation during the week that Ireland will bid to host a World Cup in 2023, it was inevitable that Irish rugby would be dealt a dose of reality some time soon, writes Donal Lenihan.

Castlemartyr 0-14 Modeligo 5-12

It was a tale of two wingers at White Hart Lane on Saturday – one the exotic record signing who looks increasingly like another expensive mistake, and the other a local boy made good after a circuitous apprenticeship in non-league and the lower divisions.