Tipperary General Election candidate Marese Skehan is being laid to rest this morning.

Last night, Local Government Minister Eoghan Murphy signed an electoral order allowing it to proceed as planned.

The vote was thrown into doubt following the death of a candidate.

Fianna Fáil has said that it remains the only credible alternative to Fine Gael as a governing party despite last night’s bombshell poll which showed Sinn Féin is now the most popular party in the country.

The returning officer for Tipperary has said that it might be the end of February before people in the county go to the polls.

The former head of the housing agency Conor Skehan welcomed the decision by Dublin City Councillors to ratify a €7m deal with developers Bartra earlier this week.

Chances are Sean Skehan is either on the golf course or in the air while you're reading this. It's 45 years now since he essentially introduced to Ireland what we now commonly refer to as The Golf Trip.

As he launches his latest cookbook, Donal Skehan talks to Clodagh Finn about juggling his career and family, and why a heavy workload has left him with a few grey hairs.

The judge in the juvenile court of Cork District Court yesterday refused jurisdiction to deal with the case against a teenager accused of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to a two-year-old boy last March.

For decades it was regarded as the classic All-Ireland final pairing. Leeside versus Noreside, red and white versus black and amber. The three-parter of 1931 which brought hurling to the attention of the nation.

He said that the National Development Plan and the National Broadband Plan contradicted each other with one encouraging more focus on villages and towns with the other offering “one for everyone in the audience.”

Captain Kyle Shelly kicked 2-8 (2-2 from play) as a strong, skilful and speedy Tipperary had the two points wrapped up by half-time.

A pensioner property developer who orchestrated an elaborate mortgages fraud which saw Bank of Ireland scammed for almost €1m was jailed yesterday for four years.

Glenstal Abbey head coach Sean Skehan is optimistic the school can finally break their duck in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools’ Senior Cup when they meet CBC Cork in tomorrow’s decider at Musgrave Park (4pm).

Housing Agency chairman Conor Skehan is facing fresh calls to resign immediately after defending his claims some homeless people are “gaming the system” and that record Irish homeless rates are “normal” by international standards.

Focus Ireland says it is concerned at the surprise re-appointment of Conor Skehan as chairman of the Housing Agency, claiming that the move “raises quite significant challenges”.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has disagreed with a claim by the outgoing chair of the Government Housing Agency, Conor Skehan, that some people are pretending to be homeless to skip housing queues.

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It is difficult to escape the conclusion that Solidarity TDs — not always known for sober assessment — are correct in arguing that there appears to be a co-ordinated by the Government to “spin” the narrative on the housing crisis.

Settling into busy Los Angeles has reemphasised for Donal Skehan the value of easy to do, one-pot meals, says Carolyn Moore

A decade ago, Donal Skehan was plying his trade as a pop star, showcasing his dance moves and — “the most mortifying aspect of it” — wearing matching white training outfits to the gym with his Streetwize bandmates.

As Focus Ireland figures show another 74 families became homeless in Dublin last month, the Housing Agency has called for grants to refurbish the hundreds of thousands of homes lying vacant.

Babs Keating has called on Congress delegates to vote against the motion to bring forward the All-Ireland finals by two weeks.

An elaborate mortgages fraud where Bank of Ireland was scammed saw one of the organisers appear for sentencing yesterday, but the judge said he would have to come up with more compensation if he wanted to avoid the inevitable.

Nine of the Tipperary players in Sunday’s All-Ireland minor final panel also featured this year for the county minor hurlers.

In the closing days of August 1975, Paddy Downey, the revered Gaelic games correspondent of The Irish Times, made a little pilgrimage to Kilkenny and had a ball.

REMARKS made by Conor Skehan, chairman of the Housing Agency and the Government’s lead adviser on housing policy, may come back to haunt him.

Kerry cruised to a third successive Electric Ireland Munster MFC title with Conor Geaney producing a masterclass against Tipperary at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

Tipperary 0-16 Clare 2-9: Brendan Martin shattered Clare’s dreams of a first Electric Ireland Munster Minor football final appearance in 21 years at Semple Stadium last night.

An elaborate mortgages fraud where Bank of Ireland was scammed for almost €1m saw six people get suspended jail sentences yesterday. The man who orchestrated the fraud jumped bail and is being sought by gardaí.

The jury in the inquest into the death of a baby who died a day after her mother was sent home from the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

Kilkenny hurling legend Noel Skehan insists there’s no cause for alarm despite the haemorrhaging of All-Ireland winning experience from the county.

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Hurling’s most decorated goalkeeper has called on GAA chiefs to rectify the glaring rule anomaly which will continue to allow the striking of frees from inside the 20m line.

Kerry 2-18 Tipperary 0-07

Speaking at the History of Hurling one-day seminar held at The Schoolhouse venue at Muckross House in Killarney last Saturday, one of the most stylish forwards of his era reflected on a 19-year senior inter-county career.

GAA Hurling Hall of Fame inductee Noel Skehan has pleaded with president Liam O’Neill to bring forward a Central Council motion to clear up the 20 metre frees and penalties anomaly in time for this year’s championship.

TWENTY-FIVE-year-old food writer and television presenter Donal Skehan has fast become a household name in Ireland.

Brian Cody’s former selector and team-mate Noel Skehan expects the Kilkenny manager to be in charge for a 16th season next year.

A few weeks ago Dublin beat Kilkenny in the Leinster semi-final and the reigning All-Ireland and league champions, it was said, were on the ropes ready for the big knock out. One more big punch to put them out for the count.

Mossey Joe is all set to line up in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate as long as the ground is not testing.

Dublin-based food and wine writer Ernie Whalley set up www.forkncork.com as early as 2002 to collate his archive of published content; Donal Skehan started blogging in 2007, and was one of the first Irish food bloggers to publish a cookbook just two years later.

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINAL:Offaly v Kilkenny

Kilkenny’s nine-time All-Ireland medallist Noel Skehan believes Henry Shefflin doesn’t need to match his all-time SHC record this Sunday to prove he is the greatest hurler of all time.

It was the day of the first 70-minute All Ireland final.

There is only one place to start. Croke Park, July 18, 1976.

Former Kilkenny selector Noel Skehan has slammed John Gardiner’s claim that games involving Kilkenny are refereed differently.

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