There will be a sense in Kilkenny that order has been restored after they claimed the largest share of this year’s GAA-GPA Opel hurling All Stars with seven accolades.

Heartbreaking scenes unfolded in Wexford town yesterday as relatives of Thomas and Sylvia Connors and their children were flanked by mourners while the funeral convoy made its way to their final resting place.

Neighbours of an extended Traveller family virtually wiped out in an horrific fire on Saturday morning came together last night in a show of support and sympathy.

Jamesie O’Connor has questioned Cork’s ability to “cut teams apart” and feels they don’t have the same ability to create scores as his native Clare, Kilkenny and Tipperary.

A homeless man who killed an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in the city centre a year-and-a-half ago may avoid a jail term.

A man has been convicted of killing an acquaintance by knocking him under a Dublin Bus in Dublin city centre a year and a half ago.

A great-grandfather who was the driver for two burglars as they broke into houses in Meath was spared jail at Trim Circuit Court yesterday.

A man who slapped, punched and threw a 10-month-old baby in what was described as a "truly horrific" case of child cruelty has had his three-year sentence increased to the maximum of seven years following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The family of a man found dead with multiple injuries have been left with questions after the trial of the man accused of murdering him collapsed over doubts about evidence from a deputy State pathologist.

Five members of the same Traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance have all been jailed.

Five members of the same Traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance were all jailed in the UK today.

A deaf man replied “I am sorry about him, it was an accident” when he was charged with killing a man who died after he was hit by a bus in Dublin City centre.

A bench warrant has been issued by a court in Dublin for the arrest of a convicted rapist who fled from the North and failed to inform gardaí that he had entered the State.

A husband and wife who “brutally manipulated and exploited” destitute men by forcing them into servitude have been jailed for 11 years and four years respectively.

An Irish Traveller couple who “brutally manipulated and exploited” destitute men by forcing them into servitude in Britain were today jailed for 11 years and four years respectively.

Four members of a Traveller family in Britain have been found guilty of forcing destitute men into servitude.

Roger Federer described as “pretty incredible” his achievement in equalling Jimmy Connors’ record of grand slam match wins at the French Open today.

A 22-MONTH-OLD baby died after falling from his cot, an inquest has heard.

A mother of two who was found dead in the boot of a burning car died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head, a jury at the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A man has been jailed for three years for sneaking into his estranged wife’s bedroom and threatening to slit her throat before assaulting her.

NOEL Connors can go back. Maybe not way back, but far enough. He can recall watching the Waterford hurlers in 1998, though that’s a pretty prosaic description to use. Idols would be closer.

A drug addict who terrorised 13 pensioners in their homes, assaulting and falsely imprisoning some, will be sentenced next month.

A jury has found a Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears because he thought he was the devil has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

A BLISTERING start provided the springboard for a second group stage victory for reigning Harty Cup champions De La Salle College at the expense of Our Lady’s CBS (Templemore) at New Inn yesterday.

SHOW JUMPER Sarah-Kate Quinlivan went one better at Newcastle West in Limerick yesterday, when winning the Spring Mount Grand Prix, having finished runner-up last year.

THE chairwoman of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI), Patricia Furlong, yesterday welcomed the latest moves at the formation of an umbrella body for equestrianism.

FRANCIS CONNORS has become the leading challenger to Conor Swail in his ambition to become Kerrygold Grand Prix League champion.