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Ahead of the international trials in Ireland, Paul D’Alton goes sheep-herding with Con McGarry and his dog, Megan

PEOPLE who call to The Apple Farm in the heartland of Tipperary to purchase fresh fruit and juices are vital to the revenue buoyancy of the business.

The standard of sports writing in the Irish Examiner has been recognised by the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) awards for the second successive year.

A last word on Con Houlihan?

CON HOULIHAN, the Castleisland colossus, cast such a gigantic shadow that it once temporarily obscured one of the most revered figures in English football history.

Funny that the man who told me that irreverence was a good foundation for journalism is now accorded the sort of reverence more in keeping with pop stars and the Pope than pensmiths.

A six-year-old girl grabbed all the headlines at Listowel Writers’ Week in Co Kerry yesterday when a limited edition of her debut book sold out in minutes.

MORE than 1,000 people packed a church in Co Cork yesterday to pay their last respects to a Circuit Court judge who was described as “a friend to everybody” and “a true man of the people.”

AN emotional and historic day at Donnybrook as Old Belvedere toppled champions Cork Constitution to claim the top prize in Irish club for the first time yesterday.

FOR the past 30 years, Con O’Leary and his wife, Anne, have holidayed in their mobile home, in Glenbeigh, Co Kerry.

IF possession and field position counted for everything, St Mary’s College would today be still celebrating their second AIB All-Ireland League title.

IT’S not every day that a Cork family gets to rub shoulders with toffs in the British royal family enclosure at Ascot.

A country town in the North came to a standstill today for the funeral of the policeman murdered by dissident republicans.

CORK CONSTITUTION coach Brian Walsh won’t find it difficult to motivate his troops before today’s ODM Munster Senior Cup semi-final with old rivals Garryowen at Musgrave Park (2.30pm).

A TRAVEL operator was accused of living in Disneyland if he believed the state’s aviation regulator would let him fly hundreds of children and their parents to Lapland to meet Santa Claus this month.

WE HAD another stumble at the Munster U21 Hurling Final last Wednesday night. Tipp and Clare, not for the first time, served up a thriller before a massive crowd of 12,000 people. Everything was totally sporting and the hurling was excellent.

THE Cork senior football selectors will wait until Sunday morning before deciding whether to play Graham Canty against Kerry in the Munster SFC final.

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IF your christian name is Paul and you live in Limerick, the chances are that you are closely connected to Garryowen.

THE piano in Con O’Neill’s childhood home resonated with history even when its keys were quiet.

FUNNY that the man who told me that irreverence was a good foundation for journalism is now accorded the sort of reverence more in keeping with pop stars and the pope than pensmiths.

JANUARY 15, 1995, is a date indelibly etched into Frank Cormican’s memory.