The IMRO Radio Awards took place last night at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny.

Maria Pearson, a native Irish speaker from Gaoth Dobhair in Donegal, has won a seat for the Tory Party in the local elections for Brentwood Borough Council in England. This is the first time a native Irish speaker has been elected.

Beyond Liam Silke and All-Star Ian Burke, former Galway football manager Tomás Ó Flatharta believes the leading figures from Corofin’s back-to-back All-Ireland-winning side will struggle to break onto Kevin Walsh’s Galway team.

A Leaving Cert student from Galway has appealed for help with her legal status so she can attend university.

President Higgins said that it would be a working Christmas, with 16 pieces of legislation to be signed by him between 25 and 27 December.

Emma Ní Mhathúna was home alone, aged 23, when someone knocked on her door to tell her her mother, aged 44, was dead.

A mother-of-five who experienced a delayed cervical cancer diagnosis has spoken of her experience after her case was uncovered as part of a recent HSE review.

A Donegal man who is currently on the waiting list for a lung transplant has called on people to carry organ donor cards and spoke about how a new lung would change his life.

A dissident republican leader convicted of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation which plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been jailed for eleven and a half years.

In an interview this morning on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Grace Dyas said that misuse of power was an open secret in Irish public life.

AIB have confirmed that the mislaid documentation relating to 500 customers in Co Galway has been found.

The material was lost by an employee while moving between branches of AIB in the city for a meeting.

My best advice is to look at life from all angles.

Newstalk hit out at RTÉ yesterday evening after they lost their 22-game live GAA championship games to the national broadcaster.

Kerry starlet Mark O’Connor says Geelong’s similarity with his native Dingle was the main reason he inked a deal with the AFL club over other suitors.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

The management of a Cork pub which allegedly banned a Gaeilgeoir from speaking as gaelige while he worked there has responded to claims he made on RTÉ radio, writes Denise O'Donoghue.

The management of a Cork pub which allegedly banned a Gaeilgeoir from speaking as Gaelige while he worked there has responded to claims he made on RTÉ radio.

Séamus Mac Géidigh was broadcaster and manager of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s northwest service in Donegal

Eibhlín Ní Chonghaile’s torn between choosing the washing machines and the computer as the most useful invention.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has admitted his party mismanaged its vote in Donegal and should have sought a full recount when Gary Doherty was eliminated.

Eoin Edwards talks to Peadar Ó Riada about the final of this week’s competition named in honour of his father

The principal of Coláiste Eoin, the school at which a workshop on homophobic bullying did not go ahead this week, has said some parents were worried their child would be “singled out” by other pupils if they did not attend.

In the 48 hours after Donegal beat Cork in the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final, county secretary Aodh Mairtín Ó Fearraigh’s phone stopped working. It had melted under pressure from incoming calls, texts and emails.

Inter-gaeltacht friendly rivalries will be aired as Kerry face Donegal, writes Donal Hickey

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Fifteen talented traditional musicians will take to the stage of the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork this Friday to compete in the final of the Séan Ó Riada Gold Medal Competition, broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Fifteen talented traditional musicians will take to the stage of the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork this Friday to compete in the final of the Séan Ó Riada Gold Medal Competition, broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Reports of Jim McGuinness remaining in charge of the Donegal senior footballers for next season are premature, according to sources within the county.

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FORMER minister Éamon Ó Cuív has attacked proposed septic tank charges for homes and said he is prepared to go to jail if rural communities are treated unfairly under the new levy.

FIANNA FÁIL will decide on Monday whether to throw its weight behind an independent presidential candidate or to stay out of the race altogether.

Galway Hurling Board chairman Joe Byrne has promised a very thorough review into the state of hurling in the county.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Galway selector Stephen Joyce has described the county’s Connacht SFC semi-final loss to Mayo as “up there with the worst performances I have ever seen”.

Fine Gael's plan to abolish the teaching of the Irish language as a core subject for the Leaving Certificate would lead to the extinction of the language, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin claimed today.

Donal O'Grady has moved one step closer to being confirmed as the new Limerick senior hurling manager, following a meeting of the Limerick GAA Executive tonight at the Gaelic Grounds.

VETERAN Cork defender Anthony Lynch insists Sunday’s All-Ireland victory is not diminished for him by the fact he was ruled out of contention by injury.

Legendary GAA commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was last night honoured in a special two-and-a-half hour live programme broadcast by RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta in front of an invited audience of over 200 people, which included GAA officials, former players, media colleagues, family and friends.

SOME of the countries best known GAA stars including Meath’s Graham Geraghty, Cork’s Anthony Lynch, Donegal duo Kevin Cassidy and Brendan Boyle along with Kerry’s Darragh, Marc and Tomás O Sé are set to thrill spectators at the Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta National finals in Belmullet in June (4-7).

IN the wake of figures showing a drop-off in audience numbers, John Clarke, the head of RTÉ 2fm, has decided to quit.