A councillor has called for horses to be banned from a Limerick town after it was revealed a horse trotted in the back door of gym, a council meeting heard.

Magheracloone kicked 15 unanswered second-half points to slay Mattock Rangers and set up a Croke Park final date with Oughterard on Saturday week.

Mattock Rangers braved an early blitz from underdogs Mullinavat to claim the Leinster Intermediate football crown in Drogheda.

Peter Dowdall on an Irish designer’s project to honour the memory of lives lost during the Great War.

More than €850m a year is generated by the activities and staff of University College Cork, or almost €5.70 for every €1 invested by the Government.

London is expected to be painted green tomorrow.

The Government should focus on providing more secure, well-paid careers for researchers instead of approving “exorbitant” salaries to attract small numbers of leading figures to work here, a union has said.

Arlene Harris hears how the GentleBirth method is helping expectant mums and dads have easier, more relaxed birthing experiences.

A peaceful Orange Order parade past the Ardoyne flashpoint in the North is a massive step forward, a community worker has said.

Justin Keating was Minister for Industry and Commerce in the early 1970s and a man of strong convictions, never afraid to voice his opinions. Ryle Dwyer reads between the lines of his collection of writings. 

Razzamatazz came home this week when the IRFU launched its bid to host the 2023 World Cup.

Third-level institutions risk funding penalties in the coming years for failing to address gender inequality.

Ireland was not included in Britain’s conscription bill of January, 1916, but by then 90,000 Irishmen had volunteered, as many more would before 1918.

It’s common for mums to feel a little down after giving birth, but if the low mood persists for any length of time then it may be time to seek help, says Arlene Harris.

Tanya Sweeney looks at ‘fitspo’, a new beauty craze that claims to empower its followers but may just be an alternative form of body fascism.

Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and the Clancys were among the Irish musicians influenced by Lead Belly, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

The parents of Stephen Donegan, the Irishman left fighting for his life after a weekend assault in Liverpool, are maintaining a bedside vigil at the hospital where he is in an induced coma.

Kelly Proper bagged long-jump gold and her 17th national indoor title at day one of the Glo Health National Indoor Championships.

The expressions of indignation and condemnation from some in government at the heckling of President Michael D Higgins by anti-water charge protesters in Dublin smacks of double standards. (Water charges protest - Attack on President crossed a line, Editorial January 29).

WHEN Patricia O’Connor gave birth she eschewed offers of epidurals and other pain relief drugs, deciding instead to rely on the coping mechanisms she had learned while attending a GentleBirth programme which encourages women to use their own strength to birth their baby naturally.

Is there anything more dramatic than a sudden birth? Following last week’s New York story Arlene Harris looks at ‘precipitous birth’ and talks to a woman who had a swift labour.

BEING kept awake night-after -night, tending to a new infant, can be exhausting.

The OPW is to fast track flood relief work in the Clonakilty area with a public consultation process likely to take place in the West Cork town within the next six weeks.

William Fry was named the top law firm at the National Irish Bank Irish Law Awards yesterday.

A mechanic has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing his girlfriend.

A 53-year-old Dublin mechanic will be sentenced next week for killing his partner after she caught him trying to shoot himself.

FORMER Cork senior football boss Larry Tompkins is one game away from claiming his first county title as a manager after his Mitchelstown side overcame Courcey Rovers 1-4 to 0-6 in dramatic fashion in the Cork JAFC semi-final in Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

MUCH of the public debate in this presidential campaign has focused on the limitations of the office and to how the President is, for all intents and purposes, a political slave of the Government.

IT was steady as she goes for a consistent Mitchelstown side who were never seriously troubled by Urhan in this Cork JAFC quarter-final at Dunmanway.

HAVING won four of the last five City division junior football titles, White’s Cross have taken the next step to reach a first county final in the grade after prevailing against Mitchelstown at Watergrasshill on Saturday.

A MAN accused of murdering a woman whose body was found in the boot of a car told gardaí it was an “accident” when he was charged.

A man charged with the murder of a mother-of-one found in the boot of a car told detectives her death was an accident, a court heard today.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested for questioning over the death of a woman whose body was found in the boot of a car in Dublin yesterday.

POSTMORTEM examination results will decide the level of investigation by Gardaí following the discovery of a body in the boot of a car yesterday, thought to be that of Helen Donegan who went missing from her Co Kildare home in May.

Gardaí in Co Kildare are appealing for information on a missing woman.

FOUR in 10 adults are completely debt free as consumers save nearly four times as much as they did at the height of the boom.

CONSUMERS are remaining vigilant in their saving habits, according to a new report, but still nearly half of those surveyed feel they will have to dip into their savings in the coming months as a remedy to the economic downturn.

A republican youth who allegedly assaulted a Catholic priest after he tried to stop him stoning an Orange parade in north Belfast was being hunted by police today.

BY any standards, the contribution to political life in Ireland over many decades by the late Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien has been both enormous and controversial.

The Government considered sinking the historic Asgard yacht at sea after buying it as an icon of the State’s foundation, official files reveal.

If first impressions count, the Hong Kong Jockey Club is off to a good start as far as Olympic event rider Captain Geoff Curran is concerned.

MORE than 2,500 people from the south-east revelled in this year’s Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science, a week-long event which saw them embrace the great outdoors.

THE CHAIRWOMAN of Eventing Ireland’s Munster Region has reiterated that there was no formal motion taken at last week’s regional AGM for the national board to resign.

WITH evenings getting darker and classroom boredom kicking in, it is time for children to give in to their imagination.

LEAVING Certificate results underline the need for a more creative approach to engage young people in the promotion of maths and science, it was emphasised yesterday.