Around 90 families in Co Westmeath are facing the prospect of flooded homes as the River Shannon continues to rise in Athlone.

Officials in John Joe Nevin's home town have insisted a red carpet celebration of his Olympic success was never in doubt.

An Taisce, the National Trust, has expressed its concern at the granting of planning permission for the first phase of the Euro Chinese Trading Hub in Co. Westmeath.

Stephen McDonnell and Eoin Cadogan have been brought back into the Cork defence by manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Sunday’s Division 1A hurling league tie against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as his team attempts to bounce back from last Sunday’s defeat to Galway.

Glynn Barntown duo John Leacy and Gary Moore will make their debuts for Wexford in Sunday's Allianz Hurling League clash with Antrim at Casement Park (throw-in 1.30pm).

THIS club hurling championship must be one of the strangest competitions around.

THERE was massive delight in the villages of Oulart and The Ballagh yesterday, as their Leinster club win over Kilkenny champions James Stephens at Nowlan Park on Sunday was celebrated with gusto.

Waterways Ireland has said that all of the Shannon is now in flood and that unprecedented levels of water have been recorded.

Anxious communities along the banks of the River Shannon were tonight bracing themselves for devastating floods after waters reached record heights.

WEXFORD SHC FINAL:

St. Martin's 1-13 Oulart The Ballagh 1-08, Wexford Park

WEXFORD was the only county in Ireland where the United Irishmen rebellion of 1798 took hold.

IN case we needed to be reminded where we came from, Kehoe’s are selling a 14-acre holding at Laurelstown, Clonard, Co Wexford, which includes the remains of a mud and stone dwelling.

DATING way back to the time of Henry the Second, Ballycogley Castle was built by the Wadding family, colonists who did well out of the English invasion of this area of Co Wexford.