Cork minor coach Ephie Fitzgerald has declared his interest in succeeding Conor Counihan as the county’s senior football boss.

Judge Olann Kelleher’s pronouncements on the commercial rates system in Cork have struck a chord with business owners across Munster.

THE Cork County Board executive motion to appoint three executive members and three club delegates to select the county’s next senior hurling manager was last night rubber-stamped by the delegates at a board meeting. The motion received 70 votes and defeated five other motions that were proposed on the night by various clubs.

HOLDERS Sligo Rovers were given a major scare before emerging narrow winners over FAI Junior Cup holders Pike Rovers in this FAI Ford Cup third round tie at the Showgrounds last night.

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Two Dublin brothers have gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with murdering a father-of-six in the city more than four years ago.

REIGNING Munster and All-Ireland U21 champions Clare stay on course to retain their titles, but only after a hugely entertaining battle against Limerick in this Munster semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds last evening.

AFTER a lifetime of service on the playing fields, Brian Lohan has turned his attention to management.

BOHEMIANS moved top of the League of Ireland Premier Division with an emphatic 3-0 victory over St Patrick’s Athletic in Saturday night’s Dublin derby at Dalymount Park.

LIMERICK 37 and basement club Athlone Town played out a drab goalless draw at Jackman Park last night.

A garda station was evacuated in an anthrax alert after a suspicious package was discovered at the International Financial Services Centre, it emerged today.

A pipe bomb which exploded in north Dublin last night was similar to a device seized on the M50, which has been linked to dissident republicans, it emerged today.

Bomb disposal experts were called to a Co Kerry beach today after ancient ammunition dating back to World War I washed up on the sands.

Military police are quizzing 40 Army recruits after allegations of harassment at Dublin’s McKee Barracks, it emerged today.

THE director of the British laboratory from where the Waterford Crystal B urine sample was stolen said the package was handed to someone without official identification.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea pledged yesterday to monitor closely the situation in Liberia where a new battalion of 430 Irish troops are set to join a United Nations mission at the end of the month.

A religious and military ceremony is to take place at Dublin Airport today for the Canadian Lieutenant who died following a fire on board a Canadian submarine off the north-west coast last week.

BOYS and girls of all ages like toys, but getting to grips with the army’s batch is as good as it gets.

BREACHES of discipline in the Defence Forces increased by over 70% last year, resulting in more than 1,600 charges being brought against members of the Army, Navy and Air Corps.

About 130 Irish peacekeeping troops will be leaving Dublin tonight for the war-torn Liberian capital Monrovia.

Thirteen terminally ill children from Belarus are due to visit the Irish Defence Forces training camp in the Curragh later today.