Mary Immaculate are into the semi finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup after beating UL 2-21 to 1-21 after extra time.

For the interiors lover who can’t resist a New Year’s revamp or a simple freshening up, there are plenty of new books on the shelves to inspire, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Clonmel Commercials’ bid for a second Munster title is very much on track after a late, late show advanced them to another provincial day out against Nemo Rangers for a repeat of the 2015 decider that the Premier County kingpins won with virtually the last kick of the ball.

Seven points from Conor Kenny guided 14-man Borris-Ileigh to a Tipperary SHC showdown with Kiladangan after they dismissed Kilruane McDonaghs 0-16 to 0-15 in Semple Stadium.

One of the largest bars and restaurants in Munster, the Wilton Bar in Cork's western suburbs, is to be sold next month in Dublin at public auction, with a guide price of €2.5m – and that's just a quarter of what it was due to be sold for back in Celtic Tiger times.

One of the largest bars and restaurants in Munster, the Wilton Bar in Cork's western suburbs, is to be sold next month in Dublin at public auction, with a guide price of €2.5m – and that's just a quarter of what it was due to be sold for back in Celtic Tiger times.

Katie Taylor is far from done making history.

Not lost in the folly of the Shane Ross airport pageantry was that Katie Taylor’s lust for the limelight could scarcely compare less.

Katie Taylor and her team say a rematch with Delfine Persoon is very much in their plans, though a deal is preliminarily in place for a fight with Amanda Serrano later this year.

A 46-year-old woman on trial, charged with murdering her flatmate, told gardaí that voices in her head made her stab him.

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.

From the magic of tidying to classic English styling and the Guinness family’s great mansion, Carol O’Callaghan looks at some of the best recent publications.

A wealthy antiques dealer has admitted the murder of his seven-year-old daughter, dramatically changing his plea on the third day of his trial.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. So it would appear that swathes of empty seats and the prospect of the financial pain of a desolate prawn circle, after the installation of more Club Level seats this summer, has finally forced a response to the interminable outcry for change at the Arsenal, signalling the end of a glorious era.

It may have taken him 17 games but Fernando Llorente is finally off the mark for Tottenham and beginning to look at home in north London.

A seven-year-old girl who suffered "critical injuries" in an incident at a house on Friday morning has died in hospital, police said.

While promoter Eddie Hearn yesterday claimed he is keen to spread the Katie Taylor “gospel”, manager Brian Peters insisted he has no concerns over the new world champion’s surprisingly quick ring resurrection being scheduled for next month.

Katie Taylor has insisted she is not disappointed by the fact that her first world-title shot will not take place in Ireland, but the Bray woman hopes to book a long-awaited homecoming fight in the new year.

Katie Taylor hopes a world-title victory this weekend in Cardiff will tee up a home defence in Ireland next year.

Jacinda Ardern will be New Zealand's next prime minister and hopes to take the country on a more liberal path after nine years of rule by conservatives.

Clonmel Commercials needed late goals from Richie Gunne and Jamie Peters to land a 17th Tipperary Water county senior football championship title.

Katie Taylor is eagerly anticipating her first world professional title fight against Argentina’s Anahi Esther Sanchez, according to manager Brian Peters, who claims the WBA belt holder was the only champion willing to fight the Bray woman in Cardiff next month.

Brian Peters has insisted that a potential world title date for Katie Taylor on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s anticipated world heavyweight rematch against Wladimir Klitschko “is not a long shot”.

Fundamental good manners fail me when walking past a chic house exterior with windows stripped bare of curtains, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Katie Taylor’s return to the ring this weekend is set to kickstart a busy run of at least seven fights this year for the former Olympic champion.

Do you tip your waiter or waitress for good service? If yes, why? And if no, why not? There are the questions up for debate between Joe McNamee, who believes tipping is a way to fight low pay levels, and Ed Power, who believes that topping can often lead to discrimination on a number of factors.

A firefighter has developed an app that could help save lives.

Clonmel Commercials 1-13 St Joseph’s Miltown-Malbay 0-3, Clonmel

Clonmel Commercials are furious after a Tipperary county minor A hurling final involving two of their players was fixed for Saturday — a day before they face St Joseph’s Milltown-Malbay in the AIB Munster senior club football semi-final.

Nine of the Tipperary players in Sunday’s All-Ireland minor final panel also featured this year for the county minor hurlers.

Tipperary 0-11 Kildare 0-9: A couple of minutes before full-time, the big screen panned out to the crowd and picked up a pensive-looking Jack O’Connor.

Liverpool 0 West Ham 3: Buried amid the cacophany of West Ham’s first victory at Anfield in over half a century was the simple fact that several months of hard work and apparent improvement by Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers apparently dissipated in 90 traumatic minutes.

Tipperary 1-10 Galway 0-6: Tipperary manager Charlie McKeever admitted the fear of further failure was strong as his team became the only beaten provincial finalist to make the All-Ireland minor football semi-finals.

Midleton CBS 0-11 CBS HS Clonmel 0-10

U19 Interprovincials: Leinster were clinical defeating Munster (19-10) in Saturday’s U19 Interprovincial Championship at Templeville Road.

A man suspected of killing two unemployment office workers and critically injuring a third has been arrested following a manhunt that lasted seven hours and kept a town on edge.

An activist charged with the murder of her partner, Tyrone McKenna, in Dublin last week is being assessed in the Central Mental Hospital, a court heard yesterday.

A 41-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of Dublin man Tyrone McKenna.

Sports psychologist and former Armagh footballer Enda McNulty says it was predictable that Luis Suarez would become embroiled in another biting controversy.

Turns out he can’t get everything right.

Clemens Fankhauser of the Austria Tirol Cycling Team scooped the biggest victory of his career in Skerries yesterday when he won the An Post Rás.

The Liverpool sports psychiatrist who has been credited with revitalising the club’s form believes it is only a matter of time before they win the league.

Ronnie O’Sullivan moved a first step nearer the sixth world title that would give him equal footing with Steve Davis and Ray Reardon after a no-frills opening win against Robin Hull at the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan was straight into an ominous groove as he opened a commanding lead over Robin Hull in their Dafabet World Championship first-round clash.

“This does not fucking slip now.” Steven Gerrard’s huddle — the inspirational moment that will define an unlikely triumph? Or an ominous poke from the finger of fear?