Voters will responde to cuts to lone parent allowance at the polls, says Shaun Connolly

After listening to Enda Kenny’s profound words about how the staff at Clery’s department store had been treated, it made me wish that he had been Taoiseach since 2011, with the largest majority in the history of the State.

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Running a rugby club in the Munster Junior League is a constant battle

AND so this is Christmas, and what have you done? “NOT A THING” says you, “I thought I had more time”.

FOR some of Dublin’s more exuberant Christmas revellers a trip to the Carriage Office in Dublin was as traditional as a visit to Clery’s window or a Christmas Eve pint in The Duke.

WITH just 13 shopping days before Christmas, there has been an unexpected rise in people buying “big value” goods as they try to dodge the 2% VAT hike due in January.

BILLY CLERY is hoping to make it third time lucky and bridge a 12 years gap when his NUIG side take on UCC in today’s Irish Universities Collingwood Cup final at College Park (2.30).

A MEMBER of the Irish Farmers Association told the High Court yesterday it would be like a “Cromwellian implantation” if an elderly farmer’s land was sold to discharge a debt of almost €700,000 owed to a man injured on his farm.

GALWAY UNITED will look to Britain and the continent in the search for a new manager after they sacked Tony Cousins and his management team after an emergency board meeting yesterday.

Galway United host St Patrick’s Athletic in this evening's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at Terryland Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

It seems Dublin's Spire is finally being accepted by Dubliners.

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A MULTI-MILLION euro bidding war to take over Dublin store Clery & Company is expected in the coming months.

CHRISTIAN College, Cork, recovered from a poor start to comfortably defeat St Munchin's in the Coca Cola Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-final at Thomond Park yesterday.

Apoel Nicosia have re-taken the lead against Derry City in the UEFA Cup tonight.

Derry are level at 1-1 with Apoel Nicosia in the UEFA Cup tonight.

CITY and county officials in Waterford are to take their protest against a lack of radiotherapy services for the region to the steps of Dáil Eireann.

Eircom League champions Bohemians kicked off the defence of their title with a win over Derry City while their Dublin rivals St Pats easily saw off the challenge of Galway.