Two wins from two and heading to England with gathering momentum, it's not just Andy Farrell's senior team with the wind at their backs in this Six Nations.

HIQA has found that a Dublin-based care centre has failed to take appropriate action in relation to allegations of abuse.

Republic of Ireland Amateur international team manager Gerry Davis has named a relatively inexperienced squad for the upcoming UEFA Regions Cup Finals in Turkey.

The family of world university rowing bronze medalist, Ailish Sheehan, have paid tribute to the "ultimate warrior", at her funeral mass in Kildimo, Co Limerick.

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St Vincent's Health Care is the highest earning charity in Ireland with a gross income of €363m for 2011.

The HSE has told a facility providing services to people with intellectual disabilities to make cutbacks under the Haddington Road pay deal.

A Church of England clergyman who wrote that gay men should be forced to have "sodomy" warnings tattooed on their bodies issued a "full and complete" apology for his remarks today.

The preliminary round of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association National Championships got underway last night at the National Stadium in Dublin.

Two of Down's best known hurlers, Brendan McGourty and Gareth 'Magic' Johnson, have made the cut for the Mourne County's Dr. McKenna Cup panel.

OFFALY have made three changes from the side that lost to Tyrone last time out for tomorrow night’s Allianz NFL clash with Kerry at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.

DARREN SUTHERLAND opens his bid for a first national senior title at the National Stadium tomorrow night when he meets Waterford's Keith Whelan (St Paul's) in the first of the middleweight semi-finals.

A clutch of Cork's hurling stars will put their All-Ireland celebrations on hold next weekend as they bid to help their clubs negotiate some tricky county football fixtures.

A PSYCHOLOGIST claims he became the victim of a campaign of bullying and intimidation by his employers after he raised concerns about the transfer of a patient to the controversial Leas Cross nursing home in Dublin.

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TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Abbangeal Venn has been able to keep a close eye on her brother, Ross, eight, during the school year.

DOWN’S appearance in the second of the Bank of Ireland Ulster SFC semi-finals in Clones tomorrow signifies the substantial progress under new manager Paddy O’Rourke. Or does it?

ST KIERAN’S (Kilkenny) and Gort Community Schools (Galway) have serious injury worries ahead of tomorrow’s All-Ireland Colleges SHC semi-final at Boherlahan (3.30pm).

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LIMERICK’S Andy Lee is on course to become the star of this season’s national senior boxing championships with just Eamonn O’Kane blocking his route to the 75kg (middleweight) title at the National Stadium tomorrow night.

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Some of the leading lights of Irish rugby will come together this weekend to contest a charity match featuring the cream of Leinster schools rugby.

The Ireland team to play France in the Bank of Ireland schoolboy International in Galway on Saturday week has been announced.