The Division 2B final will also be an all-Ulster affair.

The party has not been forgiven for the austerity measures of its coalition with Fine Gael and will struggle to hold its seven seats.

There is no doubt about it — it was an omnishambles.

The world's first dedicated plastic waste to wax factory has opened in Co Laois.

Ciaran Archer was Dublin’s main target man as they demolished Longford in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park to advance to the Leinster U20 Football Championship semi-final.

Equal taxes should be applied to profits from an investment as to Dirt tax on a bank account, as it makes no sense to penalise people by charging them a higher tax rate for making a more prudent investment.

UK Nationals who go overseas to join terrorist groups could now face up to 10 years in prison if they try to return to Britain.

A District Court judge was “wrong” to dismiss charges brought against Irish Water protestors arising out of an incident in Dublin three years ago, according to the Court of Appeal.

In 1988 Nike told us to ‘Just Do It’. Thirty years on, that ad campaign remains one of the most successful of all time. From KitKat’s ‘Have a break’ to L’Oreal’s ‘Because you’re worth it’, Suzanne Harrington examines the power of a slogan.

A petition signed by 11,000 people calling for a nationwide network of nurse specialists for people with Parkinson’s disease has been presented to the Minister for Older People, Helen McEntee, following a protest at Leinster House.

Cork’s 2010 All-Ireland winning defender Michael Shields has informed Ronan McCarthy of his inter-county retirement.

The North’s police chief is facing an investigation into alleged misconduct.

Four people have been arrested by detectives investigating the feud murder of a loyalist.

The real divide in Irish politics is the artificial one, writes Michael Clifford.

The case against a man accused of the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park is "weak, tenuous and circumstantial", his lawyer has told a court.

The case against a man accused of the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park is "weak, tenuous and circumstantial", his lawyer has told a court.

A man has been charged with the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park as his three-year-old son looked on.

A man has been arrested over the murder of a loyalist in a busy supermarket car park as his three-year-old son looked on.

A man has been arrested after a loyalist supporter was shot dead in a supermarket car park in Bangor in County Down on Sunday.

More confusing than boxing judges decisions, more complex than the rules of synchronised swimming, and more bizarre than BMXers competing at the Olympics, one could be forgiven for struggling to follow Ireland’s Rio Games ticket touting scandal.

Gardaí are unable to act on international arrest warrants for an Irishman and two directors of Irish firms over the escalating Irish Olympics ticket touting scandal because Ireland has no extradition agreement with Brazil.

Former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has said he expects to be involved in any likely campaign to change Ireland’s abortion laws and also remain active in the party.

Somewhere in south Dublin yesterday afternoon, a grey-haired retired politician was having a strange feeling of déjà vu.

Former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has warned the electorate not to “sleepwalk” into voting for a Fine Gael single-party government.

Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe sees the writing on the wall for Labour as the party fights for its survival in the upcoming election    

Eamon Gilmore believes Europe can offer tangible support to Colombia as it embarks on its peace process, writes Ann Cahill Europe Correspondent

Eamon Gilmore’s “brooding resentment”, as you name it, (Editorial, Nov2) precisely characterises the stunted arrogance of a careerist self-server. 

This 91-year-old with Parkinson’s didn’t need a cure, he needed care. And this was when Ireland was found to be at its most careless. The whistleblower is being attacked ... but it is Mr Kenny who is to blame, writes Shaun Connolly

The enactment of power in economic crisis by Haughey after 1987 and of Gilmore after 2011 was remarkably similar, writes Gerard Howlin

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Tánaiste Joan Burton has defended her decision not to support the reappointment of her predecessor, Eamon Gilmore, to Cabinet following his claims he was “shot at dawn” when removed as leader of the Labour Party.

Labour twice considered pulling the plug on the Coalition, former party leader Eamon Gilmore has admitted as he defended actions taken during his time as tánaiste.

On the day before he left for Syria, Eoin Larkin talked about tactics, tours of duty and almost jacking in hurling last May.

Over €600,000 in severance, redundancy, or other payments was given to at least 15 people who lost their jobs as advisers or other roles with former ministers, after last year’s reshuffle.

Eamon Gilmore, the former Tánaiste and Labour leader, is set to release a frank and detailed political memoir just as his party prepares to begin its general election battle.

“Contradictory” Fennelly interviews with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, the attorney general Máire Whelan, and others, must be immediately published to clarify concerns over the retirement of the former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan.

The bottom line is that we need, and will need, a parliament that works, writes Fergus Finlay

Diakali should register his first win since November 2013 in the Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary today.