Loreto Kilkenny claimed the Tesco All-Ireland Senior Post Primary Schools camogie title for the third time in four seasons with victory over Presentation Athenry (1-15 to 2-10) at Banagher yesterday.

"He was overtaking a lorry and he failed to make it and swerved, crashing in to several vehicles."

Goals from Aoibhin Murphy, Michaela Cumes and Áine Cleary saw Limerick crowned All-Ireland U14 Silver champions after a dominant performance against Tipperary at St Rynagh’s Park in Banagher.

Cork claimed their first LGFA All-Ireland U14 Platinum title since 2013 at the expense of Galway in Banagher county Offaly this afternoon.

Susan O’Shea went in search of the happy time she spent on the Shannon as a 13-year-old and found her halcyon memories were not misplaced.

Gardaí in County Offaly are appealing for witnesses following the discovery of the body of a man in his 70s yesterday afternoon.

A man has died in a crash in Co Offaly.

Leinster SHC semi-final: Galway v Offaly, 2pm ... The emergence of Offaly and Galway as hurling powers in the late 70s had a considerable element of interdependence.

Just before Cork headed back out the door of dressing room 2 for the second-half of yesterday’s senior All-Ireland final in Croke Park, Briege Corkery took to the floor.

A teachers syndicate has collected their Lotto winnings today while the National Lottery also said that a €381,863 EuroMillions prize has not been collected by the winner from Cork.

This week’s beer of the week is Bo Bristle IPA, 5.0%; ABV, 50cl — €2.99-3.39.

Even floods of near biblical proportions couldn’t stop one determined nonagenarian from attending Mass in Offaly.

Around 90 families in Co Westmeath are facing the prospect of flooded homes as the River Shannon continues to rise in Athlone.

A trip to Athlone, the geographical heart of Ireland, left Eoin Edwards able to indulge his passion for all things historical.

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Mickey Harte has told the Tyrone County Board that he is not stopping any of his players conducting interviews with RTÉ.

Tony Reddin, who died on Sunday aged 95, was a Galway native who established a reputation with Tipperary as a legendary hurling goalkeeper, whose brilliance was recognised in his selection in the GAA’s ‘Team of the Century’ and then in the ‘Team of the Millennium.’

AN 81% sales record was achieved at last week’s Munster Property Auction, with 21 out or 26 lots selling at Cork’s Rochestown Park Hotel. It comprised 16 Cork lots, five from Kerry, three from Limerick and one apiece from counties Waterford and Tipperary.

A man has died in a road crash in Co Offaly.

On the 75th anniversary of the IRA’s infamous bombing of Coventry, Ryle Dwyer examines the context and implications of the outrage.

Construction worker Martin Early broke down in tears and hugged members of his legal team in court after a jury, on the directions of a judge, acquitted him of the murder of a young, pregnant, woman almost 14 years ago.

A witness told the Central Criminal Court yesterday the man accused of murdering Sandra Collins 14 years ago told him that she accidentally fell into the sea while he was with her at Killala Pier.

A man who denies murdering a 29-year-old Mayo woman in December 2000 admitted to a special team of Garda investigators more than six months later that he had sex with her twice, the Central Criminal Court was told yesterday.

Offaly football manager Emmet McDonnell has called for a two-tier format to resolve the Leinster championship’s lopsided nature.

Ireland’s towns are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, with poverty rates double that in the cities.

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A woman has died in a car accident in Co Offaly.

More than 500 people unhappy with their weight applied to become an Operation Transformation leader.

Farmers and householders were counting the cost of a mini tornado which ripped through a rural community.

Cork's Senior Ladies Footballers arrived back on Leeside tonight, shortly after 8.30pm with the Brendan Martin Cup en tow, after picking up an eighth All-Ireland title in nine years at Croke Park yesterday.

A 25-year-old man has died after falling from a horse in Co Offaly.

Cork and Offaly face a straight shoot-out for a place in the Liberty Insurance senior camogie semi-finals in a fortnight, after maintaining their 100% records with victories over Dublin and Tipperary.

BECAUSE we live on an island, and because every travel brochure ever printed plonks a bikini-clad siren on its cover, we tend to associate holidays with the coast.

Cora Staunton’s super show stunned Monaghan as Mayo booked their place in a first Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League Division 1 final since 2009.

He doesn’t turn 25 until next October and already has three All Stars to his name but Joe Canning still knows how to do self-deprecation.

Bank of Ireland has cut its counter cash services to three days a week across a network of branches.

A 48-year-old man charged with the murder of Sandra Collins over 12 years ago has been further remanded in custody.

A 48-year-old man has been remanded in custody for a further two weeks after appearing before Harristown court in Castlerea today in connection with the murder of Sandra Collins in December 2000.

The family of a woman killed 12 years ago has thanked the Gardaí for keeping her case open, and has appealed for her body to be returned to them.

A 48-year-old man has appeared in court in Mayo charged with the murder of Sandra Collins in December 2000.

Burglars have ransacked the home of Laois/Offaly TD Barry Cowen, brother of ex-taoiseach Brian.

Teagasc advisers will conduct advisory clinics in all offices tomorrow, from 11am to 1pm, to assist farmers in coping with weather-related problems.

Jenny O’Leary converted a 60th-minute free to snatch a 0-16 to 2-9 victory for league champions Cork over Clare in the opening round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

Jenny O’Leary converted a 60th minute free to snatch victory for league champions Cork over Clare in the opening round of the All-Ireland senior camogie championship.

FOUR-time All-Ireland club champions Birr served notice of their intent when overwhelming reigning kingpins Coolderry by 1-16 to 0-10 in a one-sided fourth round encounter at Shinrone on Saturday.

AN elderly man with a medical condition spent the night stranded on his boat when it ran aground on Lough Derg in Co Tipperary.

Conor Power finds craic and calm in equal measure on an Irish riverboat cruise

Kildare and Down booked their places in the Christy Ring Cup semi-finals following wins in today's quarter-final encounters.