Cancer patients living in the south can now avail of some of the most technologically advanced treatments closer to home thanks to a new €77m cancer care centre in Cork.

Kiladangan advanced to the Tipperary SHC semi-finals following a hard-earned six-point win over Toomevara in Cloughjordan on Saturday.

Kiladangan progressed to the semi-finals of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship following a hard earned six point win over Toomevara in Cloughjordan today.

A Tommy Larkins side who won their only Galway SHC title back in 1971 will bid to dethrone the reigning champions St Thomas’ in the quarter-finals of this year’s title race.

The partner of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has said there has been a “backslide” into violence in the North.

Joe Canning has admitted he was aware some thought his litany of serious injury setbacks might end his career and that he took satisfaction from proving them wrong.

What went wrong is less important than covering ass. It’s no way to run a health service, writes Michael Clifford

The settlement between the HSE and the late independent midwife Philomena Canning was less than the legal costs for the action brought by the midwife.

Independent midwife Philomena Canning was devastated that she was going to die before getting to tell the full story of her battle with the HSE, writes Michael Clifford.

There are some All-Ireland finals that were they played another nine times would produce a myriad of different outcomes.

By 9am tomorrow morning, people other than those inside the Galway camp will know if Joe Canning is in line to play in Sunday’s crucial Leinster Round 4 game in Nowlan Park.

Everyone wants to know at what stage of the All-Ireland series Joe Canning will make his return — but has anyone stopped to consider the growing possibility that Galway might not see beyond Leinster, putting paid to any late-summer running of The Joe Show?

The questions which Ger Cushe pose have been asked before. The ever so slight frustration in his tone has been heard before also.

Noel Lane wants Joe Canning back in the maroon and white as soon as yesterday but the former Galway manager reckons his groin injury could yet be “a blessing in disguise” for the county.

Sara Canning will address a rally calling for change in Northern Ireland at Belfast City Hall tomorrow.

The Joe Show, that most popular one-man production which has been enthralling crowds since the middle of the last decade, ain’t running these next two months.

Readers of a certain age will remember Tony Doran.

Lyra McKee's partner has said that those who killed the woman she was going to marry are "no better than paedophiles".

Joe Canning has no problem findings targets.

Joe Canning’s fitness may be all the talk as we approach the beginning of the 2019 All-Ireland hurling championship, but the man himself isn’t all that interested in adding to the chatter.

Former Galway captain Ollie Canning has admitted little brother Joe’s groin injury couldn’t have occurred at a worse time.

A new breed of terrorist is coming through the ranks in Northern Ireland, the detective leading the hunt for Lyra McKee’s killers said.

The 29-year-old was killed in Derry on Thursday night after she was shot in the head amid riots in the city.

The men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested by PSNI detectives this morning.

The prospect of inter-county hurling on astroturf is growing on Tipperary GAA secretary Tim Floyd, after he confirmed that Semple Stadium will be closed for pitch repairs until May 1.

Fears about Joe Canning suffering a long-term injury in Sunday’s Division 1 semi-final have been allayed.

Not exactly get out of jail but Waterford gave Galway the slip thanks to a slack second-half from the Tribesmen in Nowlan Park.

Micheál Donoghue believes Joe Canning should have been awarded a free before he picked up the injury that saw him stretchered off in the closing minutes of yesterday’s Allianz League semi-final.

Our writers wrap up the major talking points from the weekend's league action...

Waterford 1-18 Galway 0-19

She had suffered from ovarian cancer.

Galway advanced to the semi-finals of the Allianz League thanks to an impressive display in the second-half when they were playing against the wind at Pearse Stadium.

A 74th minute strike from Shane Bennett decided a game of two halves in stormy weather at Walsh Park this afternoon.

Terminally ill midwife Philomena Canning has said she feels vindicated after her legal action against the HSE was settled over the weekend.

The State uses money to play the courts within an inch of a judge’s patience, writes Michael Clifford

A midwife who is suing the HSE over being wrongfully accused of malpractice is appealing for her action to be settled so she can access drugs that may save her life.

Midwife Philomena Canning has been battling the HSE in court for years. Now, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, she says her fight is over, writes Michael Clifford

This was a convincing and routine win for Galway as they easily bettered Dublin to claim both the league points on offer at Pearse Stadium.

Galway split their squad at the weekend, with half of them playing Ballygunner in a challenge match in Claregalway and the remainder brushing Laois aside in their opening game in Division 1B yesterday at Pearse Stadium.

Top Galway hurling prospect Jack Canning is heading off to Australia to pursue a rugby career.

Dear Rory,

Not to overanalyse the All-Ireland final last Sunday week or anything . . . but . . . can we just talk about the very end of the game, when Joe Canning was doing his best to imitate the Grinch and steal Christmas from all of Limerick?

Fresh from the Department of No Further Ado, the end of season hurling awards. Often copied but never equalled, the jury (Michael Moynihan, alone) has reported in.

A championship like no other. A champion team like no other.