Parents, teachers and members of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) will deliver a letter to the Education Minister following a protest over class sizes in Dublin today.

Primary school education groups are warning that class sizes will increase further if resources are cut in October's Budget.

A Co Clare man will find out today if he has won an appeal against his conviction for the murder of his neighbour.

The President of the INTO says his union may embark on industrial action if the government introduces pay cuts to the public sector, as the Croke Park 2 deal looks set to be formally rejected today.

It's the feelgood story that has everything - tears of joy, sporting triumph, Gangnam Style, a South Korean GAA team and random cake.

A 26-year-old father of two who shot dead a neighbour whom he said had threatened to slit his daughters' throats, has been jailed for life after being found guilty of murder by unanimous verdict.

The jury in the case of a father-of-two on trial for murdering his neighbour whom he said had threatened to kill his family will begin its deliberations on Monday.

A close relative of a man accused of murdering his neighbour with a double-barrelled shotgun has told his trial today that he only had the gun in his possession because she had asked him to mind it.

The Central Criminal Court has heard that a man on trial for murder told gardaí he shot his neighbour four times because he had been “making threats about cutting up my wife and kids.”

The trial of a Clare man accused of fatally shooting a neighbour four times with a shotgun has heard the deceased had a fearsome reputation.

A man on trial for murdering his neighbour on a July morning outside his Co Clare home, rang his father saying "I killed him in the garden", the jury in the case has heard.

Kilkenny minor selector Brendan O'Sullivan believes that it will be extremely tough for his side to put back-to-back All-Ireland successes together, when they face Galway in the ESB All-Ireland Minor Hurling final today at Croke Park (throw-in 1.15pm).

Dublin based e-learning courseware and testing provider ThirdForce today announced a drop in operating profits from €1.3m in 2004 to €669,000 in 2005.

IT'S hold-your-breath time in Newtownshandrum and Thurles Sarsfields for the next few days as both clubs sweat over the fitness of a couple of their top performers.

Jim Morahan

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney was yesterday accused of failing to protect migrant workers at Turkish construction giant Gama despite complaints against the firm during her time as Enterprise Minister.

The rights of migrant workers are being abused on building sites, according to the trade union BATU.

E-learning company Electric Paper, part of Irish company ThirdForce, today announced the launch of courseware for the New CLAIT (Computer Literacy and Information Technology) qualification, which is accredited by OCR, one of the UK's leading awarding bodies.

ISEQ listed E-learning company Thirdforce said today they expect to move closer to profitability this year following its €15m acquisition of Electric Paper in March 2003.

The Leinster and Munster youth teams have been announced for Saturday's interprovincial semi-final in Portlaoise RFC (KO: 1pm).

TOMORROW’S clash of Galway and Tipperary in the first of the All-Ireland MHC semi-finals will be their fourth meeting this year.

THE Galway team to play Tipperary in Sunday’s All-Ireland MHC semi-final, shows three changes from the side that defeated Antrim last time out.

The following is the Tipperary minor hurling team to play Limerick Wednesday next in Thurles.