After a terrific encounter, Midleton claimed their second consecutive Rebel Óg Premier 1 MHC title at Páirc Uí Rinn tonight, while also gaining revenge for the 2017 decider which went the way of Glen Rovers.

Gardaí in Killarney have arrested two females in relation to a serious incident in the curtilage of a retail premises on Monday afternoon on the outskirts of the town involving a number of women in which two women were set upon and violently assaulted.

The Garda armed response unit was called to the 200-house Ballyspillane estate in Killarney, Co Kerry, on Tuesday to deal with an ongoing dispute between rival Traveller sides in a Traveller dispute.

A member of An Garda Síochána was assaulted twice in different locations when he pursued a man in relation to a drugs search near a hotel’s underground car park.

Limerick manager John Kiely is expecting a backlash from his side when they play their second Munster Championship game against Waterford in Walsh Park on Sunday.

To label this Charleville’s finest hour would be incorrect, would be misleading. Far more accurate is it to catalogue their second-half performance as the most outstanding 33 minutes of hurling ever produced by a Charleville team.

A father of five who caused a hazard by parking three caravans on the side of a busy road has claimed he was saving the taxpayer a hefty bill to house his family in a hotel.

A motorist stopped in a line of traffic in Castlemartyr suffered a serious back injury when his car was rear-ended by a Ford Transit van where the van driver had fallen asleep. Yesterday he was awarded over €116,000 in compensation.

An extremely drunken man got into a very violent fight with his brother — knocking him unconscious — and when gardaí arrived at the house to restore order he sprayed a can of deodorant into an officer’s eyes.

Three men were arrested yesterday and charged with multiple counts of breaking into cars parked south of Cork city. Garda Brian Motyer and Garda Jamie Landers arrested the three and brought them before Cork District Court.

Sixmilebridge 1-20 Clooney-Quin 1-14: Twelve minutes into the second half of yesterday’s Clare senior hurling final, Clooney-Quin’s James Corry popped over what seemed a tidy but unremarkable point out — only there was something remarkable about it.

A hotel supervisor was punched in the mouth by a man who took exception to the bar being closed at a family party and yesterday the culprit pleaded with the judge not to jail him.

The first Traveller to receive an honorary doctorate from UCC has accepted the award on behalf of her community and Ireland’s countless activists.

A Limerick man has been acquitted by the Special Criminal Court of involvement in an assault during which a 53 year-old was nailed to a kitchen floor.

The Special Criminal Court trial of a man accused of assaulting and falsely imprisoning another man has been listening to evidence of garda interviews conducted with the suspect.

Christian Brothers College Cork grabbed a last minute victory over holders Crescent College Comprehensive in a pulsating Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Musgrave Park today.

Two Limerick men who pleaded guilty to a "depraved and barbaric" assault during which a 53-year-old man was nailed to a kitchen floor have both been jailed for three years.

A man was ‘crucified’ by having his feet nailed onto the kitchen floor of a house where he was held captive, it was alleged yesterday at Limerick District Court.

A compromise has been suggested in a bid to resolve a row over a Traveller family headstone which has been erected in a public cemetery without approval.

Traveller families in Cork City have to shower at a local swimming pool, share one portable toilet, and have no piped water or electricity as the council refuses to recognise the site where they live.

Concerns at Limerick’s defeat by Dublin in the All-Ireland senior hurling qualifiers on Saturday were expressed at the monthly County Board meeting in Claughaun last night.

A man on trial for biting part of his cousin’s ear off said he never assaulted the relative and claimed yesterday that the complainant had asked his father for €20,000 to drop the case.

A man accused of repeatedly punching his wife in the face at a christening has been remanded in custody despite the fact that his victim spoke up on his behalf.

The High Court is due to hear a bail application for a man accused of taking part in a violent brawl at the Smithfield horse fair in Dublin over three years ago.

A father and his three sons got suspended jail sentences and 240-hour community service orders yesterday for their part in a violent disorder in Cork where rocks and bottles were thrown.

Anglo Irish Bank’s former chief financial officer has begun giving evidence under immunity at the trial of three of the bank’s former executives.

Anglo Irish Bank’s former chief financial officer has begun giving evidence under immunity at the trial of three of the bank’s former executives.

A man who indiscriminately fired two shots from a revolver during disturbances at the Smithfield Horse Fair two years ago has been jailed for five years.

There’s been a lot of talk about the drawn Limerick SFC final when a Dromcollogher-Broadford supporter entered the fray and got involved in an altercation with Newcastlewest player James Kelly.

Dromcollogher-Broadford 0-13 Newcastle West 2-07

A 21-year-old man has been refused bail after he was charged with possessing a revolver at Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin in March.

A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with a shooting at Smithfield Horse Fair in Dublin in March.

THE former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank’s British arm walked away from the bank last year with €3.2m in goodbye money.

FIVE men became involved in a “violent row” after a car-ramming incident in broad daylight at a busy city roundabout, a court has heard.

Three of the six men on trial on charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May were found not guilty this afternoon and walked free from the case.

A TEENAGER who claimed attackers danced on his head, threw him into the boot of a car and drove him to a cemetery, denied yesterday he would say anything in support of his own gang to get other men convicted.

AN RTÉ DJ may be sending out a special request – for peace and quiet when he is broadcasting – after the Cork studios were burgled while he was on air.

AN ENTHRALLING game at Brinny last night as Ballygarvan booked a Cork County IHC semi-final berth after a gutsy performance against pre-tournament favourites Bandon.

FOURTEEN men who had been convicted of offences arising from a Traveller feud in Co Kerry, yesterday withdrew their appeals against the severity of prison sentences.

FORMER Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm is resisting the bank’s bid for summary judgment orders for€8.3 million against him over unpaid loans and is counterclaiming for €2.6m over termination of his employment and loss of bonuses, the Commercial Court heard yesterday.

ONE of the biggest Garda operations in Tralee, Co Kerry, was mounted as up to 30 settled Travellers appeared at special court sittings arising from an ongoing feud between Traveller families in the area.

NO further board or management appointments — including a new chief executive — will be made at Anglo Irish Bank before the conclusion of both the internal and external reviews of the business, which are ongoing.

ANGLO Irish Bank is expected to tell shareholders today that loans to former chairman, Sean FitzPatrick, actually exceeded €90 million, but they are “asset backed” and not a cause of concern for the bank’s financial stability.

Limerick 2-11 Waterford 2-4