Galway capitalised on Cork’s shock loss to Donegal to move top of the Lidl Division 1 table with victory over a lacklustre Tipperary side in Tuam Stadium.

Shamrock Rovers' early-season surge continued at The Showgrounds on Saturday night when they defeated an understrength Sligo Rovers 3-2.

First-half goals from Ronan Hale, who netted with a marvellous strike, and Chris Forrester gave St Patrick’s Athletic a fully merited 2-0 win against a poor Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds.

Eimear Noone, from Kilconnell, a small village outside Ballinasloe, joins Oscar-nominated Saoirse Ronan in representing Ireland at this year's awards.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that comments by Fine Gael election candidate Catherine Noone about him were “ignorant”, but it was not proportionate for her to lose her job.

Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone's description of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as autistic was "offensive, ignorant and wrong," Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said.

Ms Noone was quoted while on a canvass in her constituency of Dublin Bay-North by a reporter the Times Ireland website.

The company behind Limerick FC, Munster Football Club Limited, entered examinership in September with debts of approximately €490,000.

The unions say an urgent 'just transition' programme is needed, to help the company move away from peat-burning.

A power station in Co Longford is free to reopen immediately, according to a union representative.

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Burton, the ESB and Bord na Móna have been accused of “fiddling while Rome burns” by Siptu organiser Willie Noone.

It's over the temporary closure of a power-plant at Lanesboro, Co Longford, which Bord na Móna supplies.

Unions will meet Bord na Móna today to discuss major job losses in the Midlands.

An impasse between the ESB and the Environmental Protection Agency that has led to the suspension of operations at a power plant in Longford could lead to industrial action by Bord na Móna employees, unions are warning.

Shamrock Rovers 6 Bray Wanderers 0: Goals on their full debuts for new signings Dan Carr and Sean Kavanagh, and a brace from Brandon Miele, helped get Shamrock Rovers’ season up and running with a first win of the campaign.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists Fine Gael is taking claims from Senator Catherine Noone that she was bullied for years by a Seanad party colleague “very seriously” and will take “any necessary action” needed to resolve the dispute.

Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone’s allegations of sexism and bullying against a colleague are to be investigated by party bosses.

The chairwoman of the Oireachtas abortion committee has hit out at the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore for his “utterly untrue” comments on abortion.

The chairwoman of the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment says pro-life groups are refusing to attend as part of a wider strategy to undermine the referendum debate.

The chairwoman of the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment says pro-life groups are refusing to attend as part of a wider strategy to undermine the referendum debate.

Ireland is at risk of having to pay compensation to thousands of women forced to travel abroad to receive an abortion unless the law is immediately changed to make the procedure legal and easily accessible.

Cork City 1 Bray Wanderers 0

For the first time in 12 years, Cork City finally got their hands on the SSE Airtricity League trophy at the end of tonight’s final home game of the season and a 1-0 win over Bray Wanderes at a sold out Turner’s Cross.

The cross-party committee examining Ireland's abortion laws is set for a divisive meeting this afternoon after Fianna Fáil was accused by Ruth Coppinger of being "dinosaurs" for attempting to block an early repeal vote on the issue.

The cross-party Oireachtas committee examining the abortion laws is split over calls for it to issue an early formal show of support this week for repealing the Eighth Amendment.

The chairwoman of the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment has asked two pro-life members who threatened to resign not to leave the group amid claims it is biased and “a propaganda exercise in favour of abortion”.

The committee will likely end up recommending abortion in restrictive circumstances, writes Alison O’Connor

Cork City manager John Caulfield has admitted that finding a replacement for Sean Maguire is “not going to happen straight away” as the Preston striker — a used substitute for his new club in their 0-0 draw with Leeds United on Saturday — waits to see if Martin O’Neill includes him when he unveils his Ireland squad today for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.

As Judge Mary Laffoy gets ready to present her report on the Citizens’ Assembly, Alison O’Connor says we are in for a tortuous few months before we get to vote on the issue.

The teenager's decomposed body was found almost three months after he went missing in 2010.

Commuters face travel chaos for a second day as the all-out strike at Bus Éireann continues.

All those in the public gallery rose to their feet and applauded as Mr Dekker was led back towards the holding cells.

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday to consider their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 17-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a farmer's drainage ditch.

The trial of a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie has heard the Dublin teenager begged for his life as he was being stabbed to death.

The National Transport Authority has been accused of having an agenda “which is clearly supportive of the privatisation of transport services”.

Siptu has told its members in Bus Éireann today to prepare for protracted strike action.

A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the killing of a teenager in Blanchardstown in 2010.

Fine Gael members are concerned a new childcare scheme does not take mortgage and rent payments into account.

A nationwide bus strike by Bus Éireann staff is looking increasingly likely after unions said they would not attend talks on cutbacks which equate to a pay cuts of up to 30%.

Trade unions said the Department of Transport could not walk away from the crisis at Bus Éireann, after a consultant’s report suggested as many as 500 jobs were under threat due to its poor financial position.

EIMEAR NOONE isn’t inclined to blow her own trumpet — but at least she has four to choose from. “Blizzard finally gave me a fourth trumpet for Overwatch — that’s what Overwatch means to me. I’ve a one-track mind.”

Bray Wanderers 1, Shamrock Rovers 1: Former Bray Wanderers man Gary McCabe came off the bench to end the Wicklow club’s record breaking run.

The Government should provide money in the next budget for apps such as Pokémon Go to tackle the country’s obesity problem, according to Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone.

Bray Wanderers 1 Finn Harps 0: Conor Kenna conceded it was luck that led to his first goal for Bray that downed out of sorts Finn Harps.

A bank-appointed receiver has secured a High Court injunction requiring anti-eviction activist Ben Gilroy and several others to vacate a commercial premises in Dublin.

More than 500,000 political leaflets, newsletters and calendars, printed at the state’s expense, have been binned after TDs and senators failed to collect them from the Oireachtas printing facility.

More than 500,000 political leaflets, newsletters and calendars, printed at the state’s expense, have been binned after TDs and senators failed to collect them from the Oireachtas printing facility.

AIB All-Ireland JFC final - Templenoe (Kerry) 4-13 Ardnaree-Sarsfields (Mayo) 1-10: A hat-trick of goals from Stephen O’Sullivan, allied with key contributions from Brian Crowley and the Spillane brothers, secured a famous victory for Templenoe in the AIB All-Ireland junior club final.