A go-fund-me page, set up to help the family of champion athlete Ailish Sheehan, who tragically passed away last Friday from injuries sustained in a fall, has raised nearly $10,000.

The Irish flag will fly at half mast outside the Limerick City and Council Offices today as a mark of respect for Ailish Sheehan.

The President is leading tributes for Ailish Sheehan - the young Limerick woman who died in Poland where she was competing in the World University Championships for Rowing.

Tributes have poured in for a champion Irish athlete who sustained serious head injuries in a freak fall just hours after celebrating winning a bronze medal at the FISU World University Rowing Championships, in Poznan, Poland.

Commuting from Kildare to Dublin every day, while paying a mortgage and rearing a family, James Lawless felt he understood much of his constituency.

James Heffernan has a formidable election team at his home base, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

The dual issue continues to dominate in GAA circles thanks to the efforts of Cork’s Aidan Walsh, Damien Cahalane, Eoin Cadogan and Clare’s Collins brothers, Podge and Seán.

Forget about your standard ‘gap in the market’ — heading towards 50 years in business, Killarney’s Moriarty family have spotted a second market in the Gap.

A 38-year-old mother-of-three has been awarded €375,000 damages against her father who sexually abused her from the age of two or three.

A security van driver who brought High Court proceedings against his former employers as a result of the post traumatic stress disorder and depression he suffered following a tiger kidnapping has been awarded €25,000 in damages.

A security van driverhas claimed that nothing was done to protect him and his family following the kidnapping of a co-worker's family that occurred in 2005.

A security van driver has claimed before the High Court that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of his crew being asked to hand more than €1m to a work colleague whose wife was the victim of a 'tiger' kidnapping.

MAKING a will is a socially approved of activity like taking exercise. I’m all for it. For other people. It may be irrational to believe that taking exercise or writing a will would kill you, but what about Jim Fixx, I ask you?

DERVAL O’ROURKE finally confirmed that she won’t be defending her 60m hurdles title at the World Championships in Valencia next week after a disappointing run in Tampere.

THE security company at the centre of this week’s tiger kidnapping yesterday announced a new measure to protect staff and combat raids.

GARDAÍ yesterday conducted detailed forensic examinations on at least four crime scenes in the hope of gleaming vital clues in relation to Monday’s tiger kidnapping.

ACTOR Aidan Quinn has returned to Ireland to join forces with his sister to film a coming-of-age movie set in 1970s Dublin.

Actor Aidan Quinn has returned to Ireland to join forces with his sister to film a coming-of-age movie set in 1970s Dublin.

Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny paid tribute today to the party’s veteran TD Padraic McCormack who is to retire before the next General Election.

ONE couple vowing not to be torn apart by football rivalry this weekend are Kerry woman Ailish Houlihan and Eanna Coleman from Mayo.

AN 18-year-old hurler who collapsed and died during a junior hurling final in Cork last Friday will be buried today.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese unveiled four new postage stamps yesterday which celebrated the vibrancy of young Irish artistic talent.

President Mary McAleese unveiled four new postage stamps today which celebrated the vibrancy of young Irish artistic talent.

OLIVER MURPHY was supposed to accompany his father, Martin, on last Sunday's ill-fated trip aboard the Pisces fishing boat that sank off the Wexford coast, but the vessel could only take nine passengers so he stayed ashore.