DCU will face UCC in the last-four of the Fitzgibbon Cup following their impressive triumph over Waterford IT at St Clare’s tonight.

A five-star first-half performance saw Ballyhale Shamrocks blast their way out of relegation trouble in the Kilkenny senior hurling championship.

Next year’s junior cycle well-being course will include a unit of learning titled ‘Is Everybody Going Well’.

Pressure is growing on Minister Richard Bruton to intervene in a stand-off between An Post and residents of Thurles in Co Tipperary over a plan to re-locate the local post office from the centre of town to a shopping centre.

People with mental health difficulties and their families are still not seeing the improvements envisaged in the national mental health policy — A Vision for Change — more than 13 years ago, a rights group claims.

A campaign has been launched in Tipperary to purchase a castle in which the ancestors of both Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana once lived.

Tullamore will witness a rare family feat on Saturday.

The global business elite, each coughing up over €20,000 each, are gathering for their annual shindig at the up-market Swiss resort of Davos.

As TK Whitaker celebrates his 100th birthday this week, Ryle Dwyer examines his phenomenal contribution to Irish life and politics

It was 6.55am, June 7, 1996, when Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Detective Garda Ben O’Sullivan were targeted by an IRA gang as both officers provided an armed escort for a mail delivery van.

Two investigations are continuing into the disappearance of €10,000 in bail money from a safe in an administrative area of Limerick Prison.

Gardaí in Limerick remain on a heightened state of alert amid fears a gang feud in the city could reignite following the attempted murder of Christy Keane.

One of the highlights of Microsoft’s E3 press conference was its announcement that it would make the Xbox One backward compatible with Xbox 360 games. PlayStation doesn’t plan to follow suit.

Parents spent an average of €749 on their child’s First Communion, according to a survey of spending habits by Ulster Bank.

Ulster Bank is to seek to grow its share in the mortgage market by offering customers €1,500 towards their legal fees.

PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan is hesitant to confirm that the free PlayStation Plus version of Driveclub will still happen.

Hillwalking in Ireland is a joy but there is something particularly special about the south of Spain with its year-round clear skies and its easy access from Irish airports, writes Dan McCarthy

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Gardaí are continuing a major investigation into a bizarre attempted child snatch in Co Limerick.

Under a power-packed ride by Barry Geraghty, even-money favourite Ted Veale swooped late to beat market rival Un Beau Roman and longtime leader, The Black Russian, in the Grade 3 At The Races Kilbegnet Novice Chase in Roscommon yesterday.

Two of Limerick’s most dangerous criminals have received life sentences for the murder that finally forced the city to fight back.

Aidan O’Brien’s Palace arrived late and fast to land the Listed Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Cairn Rouge Stakes at Killarney last night.

Specialist financial services firm Glas Securities is being voluntarily wound up by its directors amid tightening conditions in the fixed-income securities market.

The expected cross-country debate never materialised at the Athletics Ireland General Congress which finished ahead of schedule at the Moran’s Silver Springs hotel in Cork on Saturday, where Ciarán Ó Catháin was re-elected as president for a further two years.

Ulster Bank has announced that it is making €850m of new lending available to borrowers looking to purchase homes.

A father on suicide watch after being charged with the murder of his two sons appeared in court yesterday.

A man charged with the murder of his two sons will be served with the book of evidence next month after appearing at Harristown District Court yesterday.

A 26-year-old man charged with the murder of two pensioner brothers has been further remanded in custody.

MERCHANT’S QUAY in Limerick was bristling with armed gardaí, TV cameras, photographers, journalists, and curious onlookers.

Ulster Bank is aiming to lend €300m in mortgages as it rolls out specialist mortgage advisers across the country this month.

The economy has very limited ability to generate the additional taxes needed to achieve the €3.5 billion in fiscal consolidation agreed with the troika for December’s budget, says the Irish Tax Institute in its pre-budget submission.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes Robin van Persie’s arrival has put his strikeforce on a par with some of the best he has put together.

As Dan MacCarthy dips into a new series of guides on the country’s best walking spots, he discovers that size really doesn’t matter when it comes to the breathtaking beauty on offer

Ulster Bank has denied reports that a massive tecnical glitch on their system was caused by a technician in India.

Ulster Bank has said none of its customers will be left out of pocket because of the bank's major technical problems.

Discussion of motions for this weekend’s GAA’s Annual Congress was the main focus of last night’s Cork County Board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

A WISE man of our acquaintance, who’s as healthy as a proverbial trout, made a sweeping statement the other day.

TAX changes aimed at the wealthy will only bring in 25% of the money saved by hitting social welfare recipients, it was claimed last night.

Financial services firm Ernst & Young have expressed concern over the Government's move to increase Deposit Interest Retention Tax (Dirt) from 27% to 30%.

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DEPARTMENT of Finance officials are engineering a manoeuvre that may make the difference between default and financial survival.

DIE-hard football fans will spend around €5,500 attending all 19 home games of their favourite English Premier League team this season.

A survey carried out by Ulster Bank has found that parents spend an average of €1,000 on First Holy Communion celebrations.

NIALL ‘Slippers’ Madden, out with a head injury since March, made a successful return to action when partnering Salesin to a hard-earned, all-the-way victory in the Black Point Handicap Hurdle at Wexford last night.

THE release of the Finance Bill was overshadowed yesterday by no mention of changes to bankers’ bonuses, which the Government pledged would be addressed in last month’s budget.

ALMOST 140,000 people will be forced to pay income tax for the first time as a result of changes to the tax system.