The GAA expects its €67m regeneration of Cork’s flagship Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium to create 300 jobs and boost the construction industry by up to €22m.

Owners of pyrite-riddled homes having damage repaired under a Government scheme will have to leave their property for up to three months.

Tipperary GAA officials are looking to raise at least €100,000 through a special ‘telethon’ event on Saturday, August 11.

It took Waterford County Board delegates less than 10 minutes last night to formally ratify two former hurling greats as county senior selectors to replace Nicky Cashin and Br Philip Ryan whose unexpected resignations within the past week sent shock waves through the county.

THERE were heated exchanges at Monday night’s Mayo County Board meeting when delegates uncovered irregularities in the financial running of the supporters’ club.

THE imposition of €10,000 fines arising from incidents in the Cork senior hurling championship game between Bride Rovers and Glen Rovers was termed an ‘injustice’ at Saturday night’ county board convention.

WESTMEATH County Board will begin efforts to find a replacement for football manager Brendan Hackett on Wednesday night when the executive officers convene and this will be followed by meetings of the football board and the county board.

The board of Tallaght Hospital is meeting this evening to discuss its reaction to the X-ray fiasco at the hospital.

LONG-serving Carlow secretary Tom O’Neill insists the county have earned the right to play in the Liam MacCarthy Cup next year.

THE Cork County Board is concerned over reports that club players who are not part of the intercounty squad have been asked not to make themselves available for the planned challenge game organised by St Colman’s College for next weekend.

MORE than 30 gardaí were found guilty of serious breaches of discipline over the past 18 months, according to a Garda watchdog.

LIMERICK GAA officials are confident of reaping the benefits of Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final win over Waterford.

FORMAL allegations that gardaí were verbally and physically abusive at a recent anti-Shell protest in Mayo have been sent to the Garda Complaints Board.

Up to 60 people have been shortlisted for independent positions on the North’s reformed Policing Board, it emerged today.

CLARE County Board expects “a second serious offer” this week for a new stadium in Ennis in return for the sale of Cusack Park for commercial development.

THE GAA’s disciplinary body, the Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC), tonight begins the investigation of the controversial NFL tie between Tyrone and Dublin in Omagh last Sunday.

There was fresh trouble in Belfast tonight as police pledged to get tough with loyalist demonstrators who have caused major disruption for days.

CORK hurlers and Kerry footballers have come up with a novel idea of boosting their respective fund-raising activities for upcoming holidays: they will meet in a floodlit senior football challenge at Pairc Ui Rinn next Sunday evening.

The transformation of policing in Northern Ireland in recent years has been “remarkable”, according to a report published today.

LIMERICK’S new super €12m stadium has one problem. On a bright day, it is impossible to read the scoreboard at the city end.

THOUSANDS of Cork hurling supporters queued throughout the day to snap up all available tickets for Sunday’s Guinness Munster SHC final at Pairc Uí Rinn.

ALMOST one-third of planning permissions granted for one-off housing were overturned last year due to lack of proper infrastructure such as sewerage.

CORK GAA chiefs hope to present a new football manager to county board delegates for ratification next week.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board tonight appointed Trevor Reaney as its new chief executive.

EMBATTLED Kerry GAA chiefs insisted last night the most turbulent two weeks in the county’s recent football history were behind them.

QUESTIONS had been asked about the validity of Kerry’s qualifier wins, in particular about the relative strength of Kildare and then Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

An Ghaeltacht's Darragh Ó Sé was not cited for a red card offence in referee Tom McCarthy's match report ­ but a late tackle.

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Nationalists are destroying the credibility of the policing board by endorsing the controversial report on the Omagh inquiry before hearing all the evidence, it was claimed tonight.

Waterford Regional Airport reportedly faces closure unless a £500,000 cash injection from the Government goes ahead.