Mark Kennedy sealed Presentation College Athenry’s spot in this year’s All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools Hurling final with a four-point comeback win against Kilkenny CBS.

A Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) was presented to a naval service officer for “bravery which went above and beyond the call of duty” when he led a boarding party onto a drug-running yacht during atrocious weather.

Businessman Dermot Desmond and members of his family are suing the Insolvency service of Ireland and the Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, Mr Chris Lehane, over the alleged leaking of confidential material to a newspaper concerning an agreement to buy a property that had been owned by developer Sean Dunne.

Ray Ryan reports on Bord Bia’s and the Department of Agriculture’s efforts to support the export ambitions of Irish beverage companies

Wrapped in crunchy cellophane, and containing a grainy black and white photo — of Youghal or Bray, Brighton or Blackpool — this classic teeth-breaking sweet is still selling by the bucket load. In fact, the market is expanding, says Robert Hume, who has discovered some unusual details about this cheap and cheerful holiday gift

Brett Levington came face-to-face with one of nature’s most fearsome killers yesterday and lived to tell the tale.

US hedge fund Moore Capital Management has fired a portfolio manager a day after a media report of a raucous party involving ‘costumed midgets’ and Champagne that he threw at a rented $20m mansion in the Hamptons, New York’s summer playground for the rich and famous.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Brett Sanders was a very unhappy man after he was convicted of speeding for being nine miles over the speed limit in Texas.

Police in England have arrested a 37-year-old woman after a Staffordshire bull terrier bit 11 children in a park.

Brett Connon is used to the sound of Callum Chick’s voice. Clubmates at Newcastle Falcons, the pair are housemates as well.

A gunman who killed one person and wounded two others inside a western Sydney business was found dead inside the building after a six-hour stand-off today, Australian police said.

One man has been killed and two injured in a shooting at a business in western Sydney.

West Cork artist Marie Brett hopes the time she spent with patients exploring their mental deterioration will give the rest of us a better understanding of their predicament, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

The woman in charge of the medical centre in Prague that treated British brain cancer survivor, Ashya King, said she is “over the moon” with his progress.

Would it not be great to have the remains of the Manchester Martyrs brought back to Ireland?

Forced to close in London by protesters who hadn’t even seen it, creator Brett Bailey tells Caomhan Keane it is the audience who are on display in Exhibit B

The village of Ballingarry, Co Limerick played host to the society wedding of the year at the weekend when famous footballers and TV stars descended to watch Dermot Desmond’s son tie the knot with fashion designer Stephanie Smart.

Staff at the hospital where brain cancer sufferer Ashya King was treated before he was taken abroad by his parents have spoken about the “outpouring of hatred” they received — but said they would act in the same way if it happened again.

The parents of five-year-old Ashya King, who were jailed when they took him abroad for brain cancer treatment, have declared their son has made a “miracle” recovery.

Singleton’s Supervalu Brunell created the shock of the season when defeating DCU Mercy 69-52 in the second leg Premier Women’s league semi-final at the DCU complex.

The theme tune to True Detective brought The Handsome Family to a whole new audience, writes Don O’Mahony

World Rugby boss Brett Gosper has claimed his tweet was "over-interpreted" into partisanship when posting that hosts England failing to reach the World Cup quarter-finals would be "not the words we want to hear".

Charlie Sheen's ex-fiancée has been hospitalised after allegedly suffering an overdose.

Brain cancer patient Ashya King is set to undergo his last dose of proton therapy after his condition improved, the clinic treating him has said.

Charlie Sheen will allow his former fiancee to keep her $100,000 engagement ring.

British boy Ashya King underwent his first proton beam therapy session for a life-threatening brain tumour in Prague on Monday, a week after the 5-year-old boy was flown there from Spain.

British boy Ashya King – at the centre of a legal dispute after his parents took him from a UK hospital without doctors’ consent – is receiving the first treatment for his brain tumour in the Czech capital.

Five-year-old Ashya King is set to start a proton therapy treatment plan in the Czech Republic to help him beat brain cancer.

Ashya King, who is undergoing his first tests at a Czech clinic in preparation for proton treatment, could have a 70% chance of survival, doctors said.

The parents of a sick five-year-old boy who hit the headlines after taking the youngster from a hospital without doctors’ permission, have been given the go-ahead to take their son to the Czech Republic for proton beam treatment.

The parents of a sick five-year-old boy who hit the headlines after taking the youngster from a hospital without doctors’ permission have been given the go-ahead to take their son to the Czech Republic for treatment.

As Ashya King’s parents were reunited with their son in a Spanish hospital yesterday after being released from prison on Tuesday, they claimed they had been treated like terrorists.

The grandmother of brain tumour patient Ashya King said she was “relieved” his parents had been released from a Spanish prison but the authorities in the UK needed to be held to account.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King said they were “relieved” and “tired” as they left a Spanish prison and prepared to be reunited “as soon as possible” with their five-year-old son.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King are being released in Spain, according to family members.

The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King appear set to be reunited with their son after prosecutors dropped the case against them.

Prosecutors are seeking to withdraw the arrest warrant for the parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King, a High Court judge in England has been told.

The council that began legal action after brain tumour patient Ashya King was removed from hospital without his doctors’ consent has joined mounting calls for extradition proceedings against his parents to be dropped.