With no speakers in favour of it and Antrim chairman Ciarán McCavana claiming it would be as welcome in his country as Joe Brolly on The Sunday Game, it was expected to fail and ultimately received just 18% of delegates’ support.

There is an onus on the party to eke out its true definition, as a right-of-centre party, and put a real end to civil war politics, writes Daniel McConnell.

Five-star Limerick made it four wins from four in Division 4 of the Allianz Football League.

A strong second-half display from Monaghan saw them finish pulling up against a 13-man Mayo in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, this afternoon.

Kerry's hurling juggernaut rolls on as they racked up their fourth Division 2A league victory on the trot at Arklow on Saturday.

Sligo dropped their first points of the league after coming up against a Wicklow team which undoubtedly had the greater incentive to win at Aughrim.

Wicklow took a huge step towards securing their Division 2A future for another year when they edged out Mayo by 1-16 to 1-13 at the Connacht Centre of Excellence in the only game in the Division played on Sunday.

There was a mix of driving rain and wind as well as thunder and lightning in Ennis but it couldn’t prevent Clare from picking up where they left off against Wexford for a routine win that keeps up their 100% record in this year’s National League.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

As the dust settled on the final counts for the 33rd Dáil, there was 'radio silence' from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his party is not due to gather until Monday.

He, along with Fianna Fáil health spokesman Stephen Donnelly and Green Party councillor Steven Matthews, took the final three remaining seats in Wicklow in the 15th count late on Monday night.

Count centres across the country have reopened this morning as Day 2 of the count gets underway.

Two years ago Wicklow’s minor footballers secured a famous win over Dublin in the Leinster championship, so a large crowd made their way to Joule Park in Aughrim on Saturday, hoping for a repeat in the first round of this year’s Eirgrid Leinster U20 football campaign.

Wicklow's footballers notched up their first league points with an impressive victory over Waterford at Aughrim.

John Fogarty and Eoghan Cormican preview the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Jimmy Dunne has seen the world, Arklow to Alaska. He also saw the corridors of Croke Park. Now he stands in Pearses Park, his home ground

A Fianna Fáil Government would spend €2bn on the health service and introduce 2,600 new beds over the next five years, the party’s health spokesperson has said.

Athlone Institute of Technology were relegated from the Sigerson Cup after an eight-point loss to IT Tralee in UL on Sunday afternoon.

IT Carlow made a winning start to their Fitzgibbon Cup campaign as they defeated UCD by seven points in their Group D clash at Billings Park.

Micheál Bannigan kicked a late flurry of points at St Clare’s to squeeze DCU past the stubborn challenge of Garda College in the Sigerson Cup opening round.

There was a trio of away wins in the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kildare, Laois and Offaly delivered victories, while neighbours Westmeath and Meath shared the spoils in Mullingar.

Longford, Offaly and Westmeath delivered victories, with Carlow also beginning brightly this afternoon.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Corkman Ciaran Baxter was one of over 300 people invited to attend National Missing Persons Day in Dublin.

The brother of an Irishman missing for 36 years has backed a Welsh police appeal for relatives of missing people to provide DNA samples.

Until recently, Wicklow man Conor Whooley’s grave on a windswept island in north Wales had been marked by just two words “Plot 322”.

Jim Gavin was nothing if not consistent.

Finian McGrath made the comments after Minister Michael Ring called for a national debate on immigration and asylum-seekers.

Wicklow mother of two Lorraine used to be the “go-go” girl bursting with life, as she says herself.

Several hospitalized, Gardai say injuries not life threatening

Ireland’s world-beating ploughmen Eamonn Tracey from Carlow and John Whelan from Wexford will between them bid for their 13th top-two-in-the-world performances, after winning their national test matches at Carlow last week.

"It was a simple act of kindness from a customer which led my family to a win of a lifetime. It’s something I will always be grateful for."

What do other counties want out of Sunday? Michael Moynihan is our Marty Whelan, getting the votes of juries all over Ireland.

Arn't they just pawfect?

Meath will face Tipperary in the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Final after they produced a powerhouse display in overcoming Roscommon at Nowlan Park.

33 years ago, Kerry met Meath in Croke Park, with the greatest team of all running out of road and the Royals on the rise. An email conversation with Liam Hayes stirred some memories on Gaelic football and sportswriting, now and then

Garret Hevey and David Peile have been jailed for a fraud in which they induced dozens to invest over €5m in a forestry investment scam.

John Evans' time as Wicklow senior football manager is over.

Father of two Kevin Hayes, 56, originally from the village of Newbridge, Co Galway died a month ago on May 24, after he had descended several hundred metres from Mt Everest. He had been climbing with trekking company, 360 Expeditions.

In March of last year Leo Varadkar proposed a deal with the United States offering visas and residence rights to Americans who want to move to Ireland in exchange for protection for the undocumented Irish in the US.

A High Court judge has said he will deliver a written judgment when he rules on an application by a rape victim to waive her anonymity.

For the fourth year in a row Clare followed their Munster Championship exit to Kerry with victory in their opening qualifier game of the summer, but the challenge for Colm Collins’ side is to to put

A High Court action over the breeding of falcons has gone to mediation in a bid to resolve the dispute.

Ryan O’Rourke scored 0-7 as Leitrim advanced to Round 2 of the qualifiers with victory over Wicklow at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon.

A full inquest into the death of Mark Hennessy, who abducted and killed Jastine Valdez in Co Wicklow, will take place later this year.

Boatmen, islanders, Travellers and mindfulness gurus talk rituals and the reasons behind them with Rita de Brún.

A dispute over the breeding of falcons between an Abu Dabhi-based businessman and two people living in Co. Wicklow has come before the High Court.

This fixture is part of a double-header at the Cork city venue, and precedes the Munster GAA SFC semi-final between Cork and Limerick at the same venue (7pm).