A man previously jailed for knocking down and killing two French tourists has been sentenced to three and half years in prison for driving at a garda while trying to escape arrest for burglary.

Limerick will be without God’s man on the terraces when they line out at Croke Park for the All-Ireland Hurling final.

A support organisation saw 14 new referrals a day after the Belfast rugby rape trial.

Fifty patients were in a hospital emergency department when a woman was so abusive that gardaí were called.

Nottingham Forest 4 Arsenal 2: Arsene Wenger admitted he was hurting after Arsenal surrendered their grip on the FA Cup with defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Joe Carey owns The White Horse venue which will host the Ballincollig Winter Music Festival in the Cork suburb from January 25-28. A keen musician himself, he is also a member of the White Horse Guitar Club and Jodavino.

Three men were arrested yesterday and charged with multiple counts of breaking into cars parked south of Cork city. Garda Brian Motyer and Garda Jamie Landers arrested the three and brought them before Cork District Court.

A Wexford man claimed yesterday he was in the UK when a member of An Garda Síochána saw him in a drunken disturbance at a hotel in Cork in 2015.

An 89-year-old widow has said that she can not look at her home where she lived for 50 years after she was violently assualted in 2015, writes Ciara Phelan.

He went on to tell the singer the story behind is famous hit 40 Shades of Green and how it led to a moment cherished moment with president John F Kennedy.

The UK should block any attempt by Germany to shift the headquarters of the London Stock Exchange to Frankfurt after it merges with rival Deutsche Boerse, an MP has said.

An Australian man charged over the death of a New Zealand tourist who plummeted from his apartment balcony after the two began arguing during a date has been found not guilty of murder.

A woman with 234 convictions who stole a handbag from an elderly woman using a walking frame has been jailed for three years.

Ahead of her visit to Ballymaloe, June Carter Cash tells Ed Power what it was like to grow up in such an esteemed family.

Simon Lewis’s collection of poetry was inspired by his family’s heritage in the Albert Road area of Cork, says Marjorie Brennan

IT’S just a rumour at the moment. There’s talk that Apple are thinking of getting rid of the headphone jack or at least changing the size of it.

Could Ardal O’Hanlon’s new comedy on Sky really exorcise the ghosts of Father Ted? He’s not bothered either way, writes Keeley Bolger

Troubled R&B singer Chris Brown will be banned from touring Australia in December because of his criminal conviction for assaulting pop star Rihanna, a government minister has signalled.

Wexford U21s 4-17 Kilkenny 1-09: Wexford hurling may have suffered over recent weeks but they bounced back with a scintillating display to claim a three-in-a-row of provincial titles with a marvellous 17-point victory over arch rivals Kilkenny in their Leinster final clash before a crowd of 7,800 at Innovate Wexford Park yesterday evening.

A drug-addict mother whose baby drowned in the bath while she was out buying crack cocaine just hours after being visited by social services in England has been jailed for six years, a court has heard.

Ten years on, former GAA president Sean Kelly reflects on the opening of Croke Park.

SINGER Johnny Cash burst onto the music scene in June, 1955, when his double A-side ‘Hey Porter’ and ‘Cry, Cry, Cry’ reached no 14 in the US country charts.

David Drumm faces financial ruin after his failed bid for bankruptcy, not to mention possible criminal charges, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Former Guns N' Roses rocker Slash has filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years.

A union has branded as “disgraceful” the timing of an announcement that nearly 3,000 workers in the UK are facing redundancies over the holidays.

A 22-year-old father of seven and his 46-year-old father of 16 were among five people charged in district court yesterday in relation to an incident that saw a garda hospitalised with a serious head wound and another injured.

The British Government is today inviting expressions of interest from bidders for the UK’s 40% stake in the Eurostar rail service.

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A prisoner yesterday had four months jail added to his sentence after assaulting a prison officer with a slap across the face.

Pat Smullen was seen at his absolute best when driving the Dermot Weld-trained Nidhaam to victory in the Mullinahone Fillies Maiden at sun-drenched Clonmel last night.

Despite their gladiator-like rivalry Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were close friends off the court. James Kaplan met the tennis legends to discuss the state of the game then and now.

The British capital could face travel disruption for more than a week when an eight-day strike by London Underground power workers gets under way tonight.

Caroline Wozniacki said it would be "creepy" if tennis players at Wimbledon were having their underwear checked following claims the strict all-white dress code has gone too far.

Someone is dropping envelopes full of cash across San Francisco — and causing an international frenzy on social media.

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A woman who sued for compensation after a motorist drove into her parked car told gardaí who arrived at the scene that she was not in the car at the time but went to her local Garda station four days later and said she had been in it.

Five houses were burgled within a mile of UCC by a Dublin gang who were caught after a high-speed chase and yesterday they were given five- and six-year sentences.

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A driver who has more than 200 convictions, including 24 for having no insurance, has been remanded for a written plea in mitigation by Tallaght Court.

An agitated man had to be pepper-sprayed by gardaí at the scene of a domestic incident after he repeatedly pounded his chest with his fist and then picked up a knife.

A woman arrested in connection with the murder of a mother-of-one has been released without charge.

A woman was “left to die” by party-goers at her house after she was badly beaten in an argument with another woman.