The governing body’s Men’s National Competitions Committee (MNCC) has confirmed that Belfast Star have been declared champions

Soldiers who have to come into barracks to provide support services get no extra allowance.

IT’S March now, which in recent years has invariably meant a dramatic conclusion to Irish basketball’s men’s SuperLeague, just as April always guarantees us unmissable theatre in the form of a Sunday in Augusta.

The security of the State is at grave risk due to an influx of foreign intelligence agents, an inability to effectively protect undersea fibreoptic cables transmitting millions of financial transactions daily, and a lack of resources to counter terrorist threats.

Drugs are flowing into the country as our borders can’t be properly patrolled. It is one of the myriad ways we are suffering due to the under-resourced Defence Forces, writes Defence Correspondent Sean O’Riordan

The Naval Service is so under-resourced that there are fears it won’t be able to combat maritime drug shipments while at the same time adequately patrolling EU fishery waters post-Brexit.

Superleague pacesetters Garvey’s Tralee Warriors have won their appeal against a points deduction imposed for incorrectly registering American, Andre Berry, sources say.

Eanna coach Darrem McGovern believes his side were at the wrong end of a vital decision in this game.

Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin came out on top in a thrilling Premier Men’s final at the St Mary’s Castleisland Christmas blitz.

A man who made a hoax 999 call to say there had been a shooting at a pub in order to divert Gardaí who were trying to remove him from his ex-partner's home has been jailed for 15 months.

A 28-year-old Dublin man who viewed and distributed child pornography has been given a suspended sentence.

The Big Fellow broke six men out of Strangeways prison 100 years ago. The priority was Sinn Féin’s Austin Stack, but the two men would fall out bitterly, says Ryle Dwyer.

Ireland's bid to overturn Aki's red card sanction proves unsuccessful.

Bundee Aki will head into a disciplinary hearing in Tokyo today to decide his World Cup fate with the backing of old friends from the Samoa camp as Ireland hoped for clemency for their centre ahead of this weekend’s quarter-finals.

“Members should have incomes that are sufficient to provide for themselves and their families. Showing appreciation is not enough; Words must be matched with actions,” the President said on Wednesday.

A lobby group fighting for better pay and conditions for the Defence Forces is considering mounting an assault on the Dáil — through the ballot box.

Increases in allowances for members of the Defence Forces are expected to be given the green light by the Government today.

Students at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have created a robotic "friend" which uses software to work out how people feel.

The former deputy commander of the elite Irish special forces says the Minister with responsibility for Defence and his senior civil servants should resign because they are running the country's military into the ground.

There was drama aplenty in Castlemartyr yesterday evening as Aghada saw off the challenge of their neighbours from Cloyne in a gripping first round encounter of the Cork PIHC.

Get ahead with spring cleaning by tackling heavy duty jobs now, so by the time March comes around there will only be lighter chores to do, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Willie Mullins has three potential runners as he bids to continue his dominance of the Sky Bet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.

There were examinations of technical and vocational skills in both of yesterday’s set of Junior Certificate exams.

With all eyes on the red carpet tomorrow night, Annmarie O’Connor pays tribute to Oscar’s most memorable fashion moments.

Meet the faces of 2018 — the emerging talents who’ll soon be seen on a screen or at a venue near you. From cinema and TV to music and fashion, we profile the new names reaching for success in 2018, writes Esther McCarthy.

Death Duty completed a Grade One treble on the day for Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House Stud with victory in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse.

The West’s Awake was a poignant winner of the two-and-a-half-mile novice chase at Punchestown yesterday.

Dunnes Stores has overtaken SuperValu and Tesco Ireland to become Ireland’s best-performing supermarket chain, boosted by a spike in consumer grocery spending around the time of Storm Ophelia in mid-October.

Sourcing his material from former prisoners, director Frank Berry wanted to get the experience of a first-time inmate on to the big screen, he tells Esther McCarthy

Shoppers have continued to spend more at supermarket tills even with an easing in price reductions, new figures show.

Northern Ireland's construction sector has been warned it faces serious damage from a hard post-Brexit border.

Tesco saw its strongest sales growth at its Irish operations in five years in the past three months despite grocery prices continuing to fall.

SuperValu remains the biggest supermarket in Ireland in terms of market share, but it only barely held off stiff competition from Tesco in the 12 weeks to mid-August, writes Pádraig Hoare.

SuperValu remains the biggest supermarket in Ireland in terms of market share, but it only barely held off stiff competition from Tesco in the 12 weeks to mid-August.

It was one of the biggest television controversies in recent years, decried and probed by politicians, slammed by the press and ditched by 75% of its on-screen talent.

A man in the US has been accused of drunkenly strolling down a road wearing a black hooded top and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated.

Ryle Dwyer recalls the assassination of Kevin O’Higgins and how, many years later, his family decided to have Mass said for his three killers

The final morning of Junior Certificate exams was music to the ears of around 11,000 students taking the subject.

Irish shoppers are choosing to buy homegrown brands despite the continued rise of own-label products.

SuperValu has gained an edge over its supermarket rivals just as the grocery market has slipped into deflation for the first time in two years.

Television cook Prue Leith is set to replace Mary Berry as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, according to reports.

Consumers are set to benefit further as tightening competition in the grocery sector is set to keep a lid on rising prices.