LEWIS HAMILTON recently became the youngest world champion in Formula One history after he won a thrilling Brazilian Grand Prix by the skin of his teeth.
His title rival, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa did what he had to do and won the race but Hamilton grabbed the fifth place finish he needed at the last [...]

IT HAS not been the best of seasons for the much maligned League of Ireland (LOI). Playing second fiddle to the commercial monster that is the Premier League across the Irish Sea will always ensure the domestic game struggles.
Unfortunately it almost seems that the Sky Sports packages offered to football fans nationwide would [...]

Bohemians added the FAI Ford Cup to their Premier Division title after defeating Derry City on penalties in a windswept RDS.
In the first ever shootout in an FAI Cup final Lithuanian international Mindaugas Kolonas and goalkeeper Brian Murphy were the penalty heroes with the Lithuanian scoring the winner. Murphy saved brilliantly from [...]

ON JUNE 7, 1978 Munster stunned the rugby world by defeating the most powerful team playing the game, the All Blacks. Thirty years later history almost repeated itself as Munster threw everything at the All Blacks only to fall short thanks to a last gasp Jon Rocofoku try.
On a night dedicated to the heroes [...]

The on-going dispute between the Cork senior hurlers and manager Gerald McCarthy seems to have come to a temporary solution, with McCarthy naming a squad of 31 players to represent Cork in a challenge game.
On October 21 the Cork County Board reappointed Gerald McCarthy as Cork hurling boss, extending his tenure until October 2010. Within [...]

FOR SOME reason the producers at RTÉ and Setanta Sports seem to think the only clubs Irish people support are Manchester United and Liverpool FC.
What these television stations fail to realise is more people do not support Manchester United and Liverpool, than do.
While Manchester United and Liverpool have strong support, there are a much [...]

Wayne Soper and Franky Kelly are tired of hearing the same music looped endlessly on mainstream Irish radio. Along with fellow bandmates from The Hot Sprockets, they hope their music will re-ignite passion and enthusiasm for undervalued blues and garage rock. Wayne, the Sprocket’s guitarist, told The Ballyfermot Press how he’d love to [...]

HE WAS supposed to be the most powerful and diplomatic man in the world but his awful public speaking and thoughtless comments became great social issues. Eventually this caused a new phrase to be coined, ‘Bushism’.
On January 20 George W. Bush will leave his position as the president of what was once [...]

TO SAY drugs are a major issue in this country is a massive understatement.
However with the emerging phenomenon of legal highs sweeping the nation, is Ireland about to see a serious number of addiction cases to substances that can be bought legally across head shop counters?
Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is a legal drug, at the moment, but [...]

by Orla O’Brien
BCFE SEEMS to have become a prime target for vandals.
During the second week of November, BCFE staff opened the doors of the main building to find the college had been vandalised. The actions happened the previous night and saw the wires holding up the college’s radio mast cut, causing the aerial to [...]