Wexford boss Davy Fitzgerald has called on officials to look after hurling and to ‘mind’ our ‘great game’, claiming their Croke Park contest was ruined by fussy officiating.

A stunning finale from 13-man Wexford lit up by a stoppage-time goal from Jack O'Connor, stole the Allianz Hurling League points for the Leinster champions at Croke Park.

Dr Farqad Alamgir was travelling to Ireland from Manchester when he experienced a serious cardiac event in Terminal 2

Dublin hurlers, having led by two points at half time, took second control of this NHL Division lB third round tie at Netwatch Cullen Park, Mattie Kenny’s side outscoring hosts Carlow by 0-14 to 0-5 in that second period.

When Dave Kilcoyne and Jack McGrath were named in Ireland’s matchday 23 to face Italy 12 months ago, Cian Healy lost no sleep.

Fears have been expressed that a tourist town's best asset could be washed away.

Two goals within the opening three minutes of the second-half proved decisive as Dublin eased to victory over a disappointing Laois at Parnell Park.

Mike Quirke’s Laois footballers recorded their first win of the campaign when they emerged with six-points to spare over Armagh at MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, on Saturday evening.

Conor McGregor has been spared prosecution for motoring offences in Dublin.

Laois somehow managed to escape from Dr Hyde Park with a draw as late goals from Evan O’Carroll and Kieran Lillis earned Mike Quirke’s side a share of the spoils.

Home-building activity in Dublin and Cork accounted for almost 40% of all new residential units under construction in December.

There has been a 300% increase in the number of homes selling for €1 million or more in the last ten years.

WIT are back in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals after a four-year absence.

St Flannans’ crusade for a first Munster A Colleges title since 2005 stayed firmly on track on Wednesday afternoon as they powered to a ten-point victory in a contest that had hurling pulses racing for three-quarters of an hour.

Denis Hurley picks out eight players to watch from Wednesday's Harty Cup quarter-finalists.

The blade of the knife used by Wayne Keogh became embedded in his mother's back during the attack and had to be surgically removed, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today.

The Ireland boss was speaking at the PFAI awards which saw Dundalk boss Vinner Perth and Shamrock Rovers man Jack Byrne pick up the manager and player of the year awards.

Dublin hero Michael Darragh Macauley left the field with a suspected concussion as Ballyboden St Enda's put their bodies on the line to secure a fourth county SFC title.

Aaron Connolly is very much in Mick McCarthy’s mind for a starting place in Geneva tomorrow night but if the Brighton bright spark is to be given the nod, the manager suggests he might need support up front.

Mick McCarthy has an acid tongue that is also capable of delivering lines as smooth as velvet.

Wow, this Aaron Connolly kid looks pretty good, are we sure he’s not English? Like, really sure?

Matt Doherty claims he had a heated telephone conversation with Martin O’Neill after the latter’s reign as Ireland manager came to an end.

Mick McCarthy has offered his support to Richard Keogh, as the veteran Irish defender begins his recovery from the career-threatening knee injury which he sustained in a car crash last Tuesday night following which two of his Derby County teammates - Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett - were charged with drink-driving.

Blackburn Rovers defenders Darragh Lenihan and Greg Cunningham have been called up for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifiers this month.

Republic of Ireland international Richard Keogh could be out of football until December 2020 after damaging two knee ligaments in last week’s car crash.

That I can say I feel for Richard Keogh this morning is not the same as saying that he was not guilty of an appalling error of judgment, to put it at its mildest, for his involvement in the events which culminated in the car crash on Tuesday night. One that saw two of his Derby County team mates arrested on drink-driving charges and the club captain and Irish international sustaining a serious knee injury.

There were times when this would have felt just like old times for Glenn Whelan. And everyone watching.

Of their 19 games since the start of 2018, Switzerland have lost five, tacked on by a penalty shoot-out loss to England in the Nations League finals last time out.

The number of empty commercial units across the country is rising.

Two Dublin men have appeared before an out-of-term sitting of the non-jury Special Criminal Court this evening charged with IRA membership.

According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, €14m in fines are still outstanding from the two years.

A garda sergeant told the High Court officers did their "very best with good intent" for a woman who had been viciously beaten although, initially, they had not ruled out her fiancée as a person of interest in the investigation.

The phrase ‘Stand up to Bullies’ was written on the wall of a workplace canteen where a 43-year-old man took his own life.

A man claims he was wrongfully arrested and falsely imprisoned after gardaí wrongly suspected he carried out a savage random street attack on his fiancée.

The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has been urged to visit Naval Service headquarters to investigate for itself how bad manpower levels are.

Eoin Bagnall scored eight points as Kildare saw off Laois in Portlaoise to book their place in the Leinster Minor Football final for the sixth time in seven years.

Cash-strapped organisations providing care to thousands of people with disabilities are being “coerced” into hiding the true cost of delivering services, the Oireachtas health committee has been told.

There is always the next match.

One in two health workers in Ireland have experienced mental health difficulties, it has emerged.

As the majority of the Irish squad for next month’s Euro 2020 qualifiers begin work at their training camp in Portugal today, Mick McCarthy says he has no fears that the 17-day-long run-up to the game against Denmark on June 7 will see any of his players fall victim to cabin fever.

There will be no quarter-final place for Ireland in the U17 European Championships for a third year in a row after the hosts could only manage a third draw in a row and bowed out of this year’s tournament.

The Republic of Ireland Under-17s have earned another draw in the European Under-17 Championships.

Between 1,500 and 2,000 people have turned out for a parade in Cork city to show support for the Defence Forces.

A young man arrested as a child for running an alleged explosives and firearm collection errand for one of the people convicted of the murder of Gareth Hutch has failed in a legal bid to stop his prosecution over delay.

There’s been a fair bit of talk about nerves in the build-up to the U17 European Championship Finals which finally kick-off today.

Once we sloshed cow’s milk over our cereal but now it’s all about choice. But do we risk losing key nutrients by switching to non-dairy options, asks Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Wheelpower, the national charity for wheelchair sport, welcomed 136 recently paralysed men and women representing 15 spinal injury units from Ireland and the UK this month.