Next year’s Congress is likely to vote on a motion upgrading a dive from a yellow card to a black or red card offence in the wake of the Tiernan McCann case.

Before we talk about Tiernan McCann, and we need to talk about him because no other topic in the GAA seems to be worth ventilating, an observation.

Conor McGuigan beat All-Ireland champion Aidan Murphy by almost a bowl in the final of the Joe McVeigh Cup on Sunday, the feature event of the Ból-Fada festival on the Markethill Road near Keady, Co. Armagh. 

St Mary’s College 1-10 NUI Galway 1-7

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Aidan Murphy is Joe McVeigh Cup champion following his bowl of odds win over Ulster champion Eddie Carr on the Markethill Road in Keady yesterday.

Thomas Mackle won the Joe McVeigh Cup on the Markethill Road in Keady yesterday, beating European champion David Murphy by three bowls of odds.

Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney is All-Ireland senior champion for the first time since 2001 following a determined and focused finish that denied Kelly Mallon the three-in-a-row at Markethill Road in Tassagh.

Trevor O’Meara led from line to line in his bowl-of-odds win over Raymond Ryan in the Munster Intermediate final at Donoughmore on Sunday.

CONOR MCGUIGAN pulled off the biggest bowling shock since Danny McParland beat Mick Barry in the 1963 All-Ireland final, when he beat David Murphy by almost three bowls of odds in the All-Ireland senior final at Tassagh, Co. Armagh yesterday.

PARENTS who fail to keep up maintenance payments will face jail under new legal proposals unveiled yesterday, but the opposition claimed many maintenance recipients may still end up out of pocket.

Promising Everton defender Shane Duffy is one of three uncapped players in the Northern Ireland squad to face Albania in a friendly in Tirana on March 3.

Lawyers representing Kate and Gerry McCann have demanded a website claiming their daughter was not abducted be taken down.

The parents of Madeleine McCann could face charges of neglecting their daughter on the night she disappeared, it has emerged.

Employers have been warned that they face being "named and shamed" if they break the law by failing to give employees their statutory entitlements, employment group McCann FitzGerald have warned today.

The family of missing toddler Madeleine McCann today called for an international search to trace a man they believe may have been involved in their daughter's disappearance.

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann were tonight said to be “extremely disappointed” that Portuguese police have asked for an extension to the secrecy rules around the case.

Madeleine McCann’s parents played down speculation today that they may approve a movie about their daughter’s disappearance.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann will today be hoping that an artist’s impression of the man they believe abducted their daughter may help identify the potential suspect.

Madeleine McCann’s parents will today anxiously await the opinion of experts analysing a striking photograph of a girl taken by a holiday maker in Morocco.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann will not take legal action over a series of alleged smears against them in the Portuguese media, a family spokeswoman said.

A commercial for a Coca-Cola sports drink broke advertising rules because it showed potentially “hazardous” cycling conditions, a UK industry watchdog said today.

THE mother of Ireland’s longest-missing person has spoken of her heartbreak for the parents of little Madeleine McCann.

The Supreme Court's dismissal of the Competition Authority's case against the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) may have a major impact on the enforcement of Irish competition law, according to solicitors McCann FitzGerald.

New EU takeover rules could have a significant impact on the operation of compulsory takeovers in the Irish market, according to solicitors McCann FitzGerald.

Arsonists who destroyed one of Belfast’s showpiece office blocks had burgled a top firm of solicitors before setting fire to the building, it was revealed tonight.

The new Children's Advertising Code to be introduced by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland this summer will only apply to national broadcasters.

Gavin McCann will jet out to Sweden to join up with his new Aston Villa team-mates today after completing his £2.25m (€3.1m) transfer from Sunderland.

Northern Ireland Under-21 manager Roy Millar has handed a first call-up to Portsmouth goalkeeper Chris Tardif, for their final European Championship qualifier against Malta.

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