Would-be presidential candidate Kevin Sharkey has said he was called the N-word just six weeks ago and made a plea to be nominated as “Ireland’s first black president” to send out a message to racists.

A man is in custody for questioning in relation to an assault on an elderly man who was out walking in Clonmel on Tuesday morning.

A man who admitted providing funding to the terrorist organisation Islamic State is due to be sentenced in June.

Six little words: “Mammy, I don’t want to die.”

Yet another Croke Cup final beckons for St Kieran’s College of Kilkenny after they held on to narrowly defeat a game Ardscoil Rís side in this second semi-final in Clonmel.

Latest: A man in his 70s found dead in a house in Waterford last night may have been overcome by fumes from material he had been burning.

Gardaí and fire service personnel are trying to establish the cause of an explosion in a house in Waterford which led to a man suffering burn injuries.

President Michael D Higgins was among the mourners at the funeral Mass for former Ceann Comhairle and 46-year veteran of the Dáil Seamus Pattison who was buried in his native Kilkenny this afternoon.

Rockwell College have made it into the quarter-finals of the Munster Senior Cup with two first half tries enough to give them victory over a game Castletroy side.

A 14-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after an alleged assaulted last night.

Publican and former hurler of the year Lar Corbett has been fined €250 after admitting allowing people to be on his licensed premises almost an hour after closing time.

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Legendary explorer and climber Simon Yates will be talking about his experiences during his Cork tour, writes Conor Kane

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

On the 32nd anniversary of the discovery of the wreckage of the Titanic, Conor Kane talks to an underwater explorer, the first Irishman to set eyes on the doomed ship on the bottom of the ocean floor.

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Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

All-Ireland winning Tipperary goalkeeper Darren Gleeson has admitted obtaining by deception €10,000 from an elderly man over four years ago.

A garda convicted of assaulting two women in a row over a lift in a car has been given a six-month suspended sentence.

The wife of a 40-year-old farmer who died in an ambulance while on route to hospital in Cork from his native Waterford has spoken of a “quiet, loyal gentle person” who was looking forward to the arrival of their first child later this year.

The girl was airlifted from the nearby Kickham’s GAA field to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition but pronounced dead later in the afternoon.

A man is to appear in court charged with the murder of a 29-year-old mother who was found fatally injured at the bottom of her stairs last Sunday, writes Conor Kane of the Irish Examiner.

Gardaí will now prepare a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a part-time DJ whose body was found in a slurry tank two years after he went missing, writes Conor Kane of the Irish Examiner.

Gardaí investigating the violent death of elderly farmer Paddy Lyons were searching a house in Clonmel today as part of the murder inquiry, writes Conor Kane of the Irish Examiner.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A man who admitted making pornographic videos of his six-year-old disabled nephew being raped and sexually assaulted by his nephew’s father has been jailed for eight years.

In the second of our tourism series, Conor Kane drops in on Dunmore East, the location of the new ‘EastEnders’ spin-off

Gardaí investigating a brutal assault which caused severe hand injuries to a young man in Waterford have arrested a 28-year-old in connection with the incident, writes Conor Kane.

Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has described today as “a fantastic day” and said it was “amazing” that Ireland is becoming the first country to approve same-sex marriage by referendum.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Tramore in Co Waterford early today.

An 11-year-old girl is today recovering after heroically saving the life of her infant cousin during what is believed to have been a petrol-bomb attack on their grandmother's Waterford home around 9.20pm yesterday.

A one-year-old baby, her 11-year-old sister and third person are in hospital tonight after suffering injuries following a petrol bomb attack in Waterford.

By Conor Kane

A man has gone for emergency surgery this morning after being seriously injured in a stabbing incident in his own home in Waterford city.

WHEN you’re reared in an area, you take it for granted. It’s something that’s a given.

Shannon Airport’s chief executive-designate yesterday spoke of “the new belief” since the airport was freed from the control of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

Hundreds of special needs assistants (SNAs) have been assaulted by the children they care for in classrooms, but they are more concerned about the dismissive attitude of their schools.

By Conor Kane

Shannon Development offers property solutions and support, writes Conor Kane.