I was in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght early on Saturday morning to watch St Brendan’s from Tralee win their first ever senior national title, beating Leixlip Nemunas in the intermediate cup final. 

A cyclist who died in a fall at the bottom of one of Cork’s steepest streets had no working brakes on his bike, an inquest has heard.

A bylaw to prohibit grieving families, neighbours or friends from digging burial plots has been axed by Cork County Council.

A TRADITIONAL burial custom is likely to be safeguarded after the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said it was not preventing family members from digging loved one’s graves.