There is some debate over the ferocity of the challenge though the end result of a red card for Dr Crokes’ Danny Cooper was the upshot.

TG4 will broadcast county finals from the homes of the Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy Cups this weekend.

Thomas Davis and Ballyboden St Enda’s will contest this year’s Dublin Senior Football Championship final, after semi-final wins over Kilmacud Crokes and St Jude’s, respectively, at Parnell Park on Saturday evening.

Doctors and nurses are failing to recognise the deteriorating condition of patients in many cases because of the limited application of a pioneering early-warning system used in Irish hospitals, a HSE audit has found.

There are 487 patients waiting for hospital beds this morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Trolley Watch.

Jack Byrne is in his Shamrock Rovers strip at the Aviva Stadium but there’ll be no football kicked here today.

Garda divisions in Munster score among the lowest rates for burglaries in the country, apart from Waterford and Limerick, which are among the hardest hit divisions.

Vincent Parsons, from Clondalkin, was found with serious head injuries in the Killinarden estate in West Dublin on Saturday night.

A former Shamrock Rovers striker has hit out at his ex-manager’s criticism, calling it “a load of bollocks”.

Daniel Carr left the Tallaght club on Monday, signing for Apollon Limassol in Cyprus.

"The competition is always very high, so I’m just delighted to win one."

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The pressure was ratcheted up on Stephen Bradley’s tenure as Shamrock Rovers head-coach when they became the first side to lose to basement side Bray this season.

A father-of-one charged over a botched raid at a pub in Dublin on New Year’s Day needed 30 stitches to his head and suffered two fractured ribs, a court has heard.

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has played down his simmering feud with John Caulfield, saying he respects Cork City and that the club will be deserving league champions.

"He was a courageous politician and will be greatly missed.”

Mother and baby are doing well.

Shamrock Rovers 2 - Dundalk 1: “Cheerio four-in-a-row,” sang the Shamrock Rovers supporters as the Hoops inflicted a fifth league defeat on Dundalk at Tallaght Stadium last night.

With Cork City and Bray facing off this evening, Dundalk know a draw at Turner’s Cross would, if they can beat Galway United, see the champions close the gap on the leaders and make second place their own in the Premier Division.

Having been plunged into darkness in Maginn Park last week, Limerick face the brightest lights in Irish football when they head to Oriel Park tonight to take on Dundalk.

An elderly lady died of a rare skin condition which sees the body's top layer of skin peel away, an inquest has heard. 

Gardaí have prosecutions “in the pipeline” after almost €800,000 in cash was seized from four major crime gangs since June.

Dundalk’s Champions League dream might have ended in Poland on Tuesday night but their hopes of making a further impression in Europe have only just begun, according to striker David McMillan.

Bray Wanderers 1, Shamrock Rovers 1: Former Bray Wanderers man Gary McCabe came off the bench to end the Wicklow club’s record breaking run.

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Dundalk 2 Shamrock Rovers 0: Dundalk restored their eight-point lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division table as former Hoops Ronan Finn and Sean Gannon came back to haunt Rovers in Oriel Park last night.

With their closest rivals Cork City not playing Sligo Rovers until tomorrow, Dundalk will be looking to strike the psychological blow of extending their lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League to nine points – at least for 24 hours – when they host Longford Town at Oriel Park this evening.

Ger Cunningham confirmed he will continue as Dublin hurling manager into 2016.

A ministerial-appointed troubleshooter has failed to broker agreement between Carlow and Waterford institutes of technology on merging, to assist a possible creation of a university in the south-east.

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A student who went on a graffiti spree throughout Rathfarnham saw the case against him struck out yesterday when he paid €2,750 in compensation.

Dublin hurler David O’Callaghan has proposed the establishment of a combined Tallaght hurling team after he was compelled to switch clubs due to the fall of the game in St Mark’s.

Hockey: Leinster denied Munster a first girls interpro title since 2002 with a mature performance in the decisive U16 clash, as the sides finished 0-0 at Lisnagarvey yesterday.

Tonight’s SSE Airtricity League action is all on the east coast, with the main focus in the Premier Division on the battle to escape relegation.

Shamrock Rovers have chosen Pat Fenlon as their new coach.

Decisions should be made by November on whether technological university applications can be made by two planned mergings of colleges in the south-west and in Dublin.

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to have their children taken away from them.

The HSE is facing a fresh storm after frontline medics claimed it has ignored life-saving recommendations for emergency departments for two years.

Keith Fahey knows the question is coming and is ready with a firm interception.

Cork City will host defending champions St Patrick’s Athletic in their opening game of the new Airtricity League Premier Division season on Friday March 7.

The voluntary hospitals top-up pay scandal is damaging news for both the sector and patients dependent on it.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has rebuffed the Garda Ombudsman’s request for a copy of Garda reports into the two Roma cases last month.