Four-time All-Ireland winner Ashling Thompson is no longer part of the Cork camogie panel, manager Paudie Murray has confirmed.

The Camogie Association is “not afraid of change” as players demand rule changes to improve the game as a spectacle.

Mary Lou McDonald could be confirmed as the next Sinn Féin leader today.

Sinn Féin will elect a new leader of the party in the Spring of next year.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said a united Ireland is not the only option he is willing to consider in terms of the future of the North.

Wexford are just five days out from a Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie quarter-final against an opponent still unknown, as the Dublin-Clare coin-toss controversy drags on.

The Cork Ladies Football Board has hit out at the LGFA as dual players potentially face another fixtures clash, despite negotiations between the LGFA and Camogie Association.

Wexford chairman Diarmuid Devereux claims the decision to stick with Thurles for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals is further proof the county ‘will never get any help from Croke Park’.

Sinn Féin's Ard Comhairle will meet in the capital this afternoon.

Sinn Féin's national executive is expected to consider tomorrow an application from an ex-Fianna Fáil TD to join the party.

THE engagement in Belfast this week involving the President of Ireland, the Queen of England and the North’s First and Deputy First Ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness carries with it significant symbolic, political and emotional resonance for the people of Ireland.

Co-operation Ireland, a charitable organisation involved in reconciliation activities on both sides of the border, has among its patrons both President Michael D Higgins and Queen Elizabeth II.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness will meet the Queen of England next week and shake hands in an historic first for the North's peace process, the party confirmed.

Sinn Féin have said Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will meet with Britain's Queen Elizabeth next week.

Independent TD Tom Fleming has been named as the second of three Oireachtas members supporting Martin McGuinness' bid for the Presidency.

FIANNA FÁIL sources have played down the prospect of the party facilitating any move by Independent senator David Norris to get back into the presidential race.

The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness has said he has not even considered a run for the Aras.

SINN Féin president Gerry Adams has said he has no intentions of taking a back seat in the Dáil or allowing one of the party’s experienced deputies to lead its parliamentary delegation.

Sinn Féin is calling for a motion of no-confidence in the Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

A leading GAA official has declared that the use of video referees to determine whether disputed scores dissected the goalposts or went wide would not work in Gaelic games.

A LEADING GAA official has declared that the use of video referees to determine whether disputed scores dissected the goalposts or went wide would not work in Gaelic games.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today that the Government has totally failed the people of Ireland.

The Sinn Féin Árd Comhairle is meeting in Dublin later today.

Sinn Féin have met in Dublin to review the deal on devolution.

THERE will not be a greater role for Sinn Féin’s low-key Dáil deputies in its leadership structure despite an ambition to win at least seven seats in the next general election.

SINN Féin President Gerry Adams has said the development of his party in the south is frustratingly slow.

“IT LOOKS like this coming weekend’s game will be the last time we will hear from inter-county players on TV and radio as a result of the edict last week from the Gaelic Players’ Association (GPA).

Sinn Féin has called on the Government not to target vulnerable people in Tuesday's emergency Budget.

Sinn Féin says job creation must be at the heart of the Government's forthcoming emergency Budget.

GPA national development officer Dara McGarty has welcomed the establishment of a club/county taskforce by the GAA, which he believes will get a better deal for all concerned.

ADMISSION charges may have to be increased if the Ulster Council is to be able to meet its continuing financial commitments, according to officials.

MOVES towards restoring power-sharing in the North lurched forward last night as Sinn Féin welcomed a pledge from British Prime Minister Tony Blair to separate MI5 from policing.

Sinn Féin’s national executive will meet on Saturday to discuss support for policing in the North.

There has been a warm welcome to last night's decision by Sinn Féin's National Executive to take the next step towards policing.

THIS is an abridged version of Sinn Féin’s statement on policing.

Sinn Féin will begin a process today which could lead republicans to a once unthinkable position – supporting the North’s police service.

Crunch talks between Sinn Féin and the British government are making progress, republicans said today.

Former Independent TD Niall Blaney is to stand alongside his old political rivals Jim McDaid and Cecelia Keaveney on the Fianna Fáil ticket in Donegal at the next election, it emerged today.

Sinn Féin has said today that it will take part in the next session of the Northern Assembly.

GAA PRESIDENT Nickey Brennan has admitted that GAA regulations are not stringent enough to curb “unsightly” pitch incursions by mentors and officials.

The Sinn Féin president has said it is time that the British government stopped pandering to Ian Paisley.