Defending champions CBC advanced to the semi-finals of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup with this 11-point win over Castletroy College.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was forced into an embarrassing climbdown after being accused of seeking to politicise the serious injuries to a homeless man in Dublin this week.

Pre-tax profits at the Lyrath Estate Hotel in Co Kilkenny last year increased by 67% to €834,979. Newly-filed accounts for Lyrath Demesne Ltd show revenues increased by 8.5% to €12.7m.

Photography has long been a neglected area of Irish art. The National Gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to the discipline is beginning to redress that, writes Marjorie Brennan.

The Kerry U-20 Hurlers never looked threatened in winning the Richie McElligott Cup for the third successive year in Pairc Tailteann.

Michael Bohane is Munster Intermediate champion following a commanding win over Paul Buckley at Baile Bhuirne on Sunday.

Paul Buckley and Michael Bohane will contest next Sunday’s Munster intermediate final at Baile Bhuirne after both had surprisingly comfortable semi-final wins.

Cathal Toal caused the first major upset of the 2019 All-Ireland race when he eliminated Thomas Mackle from the Ulster senior championship at Tullysaran on Saturday.

The Football Association of Ireland and the Aviva stadium have paid a touching tribute to late RTÉ Sport broadcaster, Pat McAuliffe.

Farmers are refusing to take on "snowflake" veterinary students who do not have a farming background.

A local councillor in the Finglas area has claimed that vulnerable young people are being “preyed upon” by drug gangs who want to “get them into their world.”

Paul Buckley won the feature Carbery-South West festival score in the last shot from Michael Bohane at Ballygurteen on Monday.

Tributes have been paid to sports journalist and broadcaster Pat McAuliffe, who died suddenly at the age of 60.

Declan O’Mahony won the William Wolf Cup final at Waterloo on Sunday. He beat Derry Crowley by over a bowl.

Local Fianna Fáil Councillor Paul McAuliffe says he's concerned the National Transport Authority wants to take over a large part of the site for MetroLink works.

When Donna Gilligan tried to track down surviving objects and images from the Irish suffrage movement, there was little to be found. It’s another example of women’s history being excluded from the national narrative, she tells Helen O’Callaghan.

James O’Donovan grabbed the limelight with two great wins in the busiest bowling week of 2018.

President Donald Trump questioned the impartiality of the deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, who is planning to retire from the bureau in the months ahead after being buffeted by attacks over alleged anti-Trump bias in the agency.

RTÉ sports journalist Pat McAuliffe claimed at Cork District Court yesterday that he was arrested for no reason when having a pint with his friend and said no one who knew him would believe what was said against him.

A Dublin City Councillor has criticised the Government for its allocation of funding under a renewed programme to tackle social exclusion in disadvantaged urban areas.

The benefits of hosting an international learning conference next month should go far beyond the immediate €1m boost to Cork’s local economy, according to its organisers.

See how you fared with the weekend’s golf fixtures.

Gavin Twohig beat Éamon Bowen by almost a bowl in the first round of the Munster senior championship in driving rain at Templemartin on Monday.

Irish customers were among those who had data stolen by hackers on one of the world’s most popular hotel booking sites, Hotels.com, the company has confirmed.

UCC 1 Cobh Wanderers 0: A late Sean McLoughlin goal saw Noel Healy’s UCC claim the Beamish Stout Munster Senior League Premier Division title as they got the better of Cobh Wanderers at The Mardyke last night.

PBC 11 Glenstal Abbey 3: Not even the torrential rain and the strong, cold and swirling wind at Thomond Park yesterday could dampen the delight of Presentation Brothers Cork as they defeated Glenstal Abbey by 11-3 to capture the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup for the 29th time.

Donncha O’Brien finished strongly to advance at the expense of Denis O’Driscoll in the John-Joe Murphy Cup at Bauravilla.

The term has been doing the rounds since Sofia Amoruso released her book, #Girlboss, but Carolyn Moore wants to know if the label is doing women any justice?

PBC Cork 12 Bandon Grammar School 3: Underdogs Bandon Grammar School underlined the rise of West Cork rugby with a gallant effort in defeat in a tense Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final clash at Musgrave Park.

Presentation Brothers College, the favourites, had to battle all the way before overcoming brave, injury-hit Bandon Grammar School in a pulsating Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup final at Musgrave Park today.

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A coroner has called for a ban on the sale of old-style chip pans and urged people to dump them, after an inquest heard how two men died in a house fire caused by an unattended chip pan.

Taxis can offer passengers a therapeutic journey at this time of year. Rita de Brún spoke to drivers about their New Year experiences.

CBC, Cork 3-18 St Francis College, Rochestown 3-12: It says much about the second-half turnaround by CBC in this Dr Harty Cup last-16 clash at Church Road yesterday that the six-point winning margin flattered their opponents more than themselves.

A coroner is to issue summonses for several key witnesses who failed to attend a joint inquest yesterday into the deaths of two men in a house fire.

Kilkenny’s five-star Lyrath Hotel has just been sold for well over €20m to an Irish consortium of buyers who plan to invest further in the 170-acre resort investment, which was developed at a boom-time cost of €50m.

The mother of Kenneth Relihan, who died in a house fire in Macroom last week, has been left with “nothing” following the tragedy, her daughter said yesterday.

Locals who tried to save two men who died in a house fire have told of how the heat and flames beat back their efforts even as a woman jumped to safety from an upstairs window.

A €55m investment in Merck’s Cork facility will position the site at the centre of the pharma giant’s global operations and ensure its strategic importance to the company.

Killian Kingston won the Mother Hegarty Cup final at Lyre where he beat defending champion Edmond Sexton in the last throw.

The Cork boxing family gathered at Clancy’s Bar in the city yesterday to toast the 150th birthday of Cork’s only world boxing champion, Jack McAuliffe.