A jury took less than two hours to reach a unanimous guilty verdict in the case of a priest sexually assaulting a schoolboy in Cork approximately 36 years ago.

A priest has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting a boy in a Co Cork school sickbay in the early 1980s.

LATEST: The sentencing hearing date on the case has been fixed for July 26.

Former associates will link three men, two from Dublin, to aggravated burglaries in Co Limerick during which neighbouring families were allegedly overpowered by an armed gang, a jury heard yesterday.

One man was imprisoned for life while another will be sentenced next Monday for their part in killing a man during an argument over a pedigree chihuahua.

Cork mum Valerie Costelloe was devastated when she showed up on the wrong date for the Santa Experience in Dunnes Stores on Patrick Street, Cork.

A jury yesterday found a mother, aged 39, guilty of beating, starving, and neglecting eight of her children over a number of years, at a time when she claimed over €160,000 in social welfare payments.

League champions Galway were the big winners as the Liberty Insurance senior camogie championship got under way with two games in the ultra-competitive Group 1 and one tie from Group 2.

The Court of Appeal will not review Wayne Dundon’s prison sentence for making threats to kill and intimidating witnesses, despite claims that his six-year sentence was “unduly lenient”.

Limerick FC 1 Avondale United 0: A last-minute Shane Tracy penalty saw Martin Russell’s Limerick capture the Munster Senior Cup as they edged Avondale United 1-0 at a rain-soaked Askeaton yesterday.

Kilkenny City hasn’t been as badly affected by high-street vacancies as some other towns and cities but has seen a rise in the number of vacant commercial spaces, from 3.3% in early 2014 to 7.7% in the first quarter of this year.

A man who denied any involvement in the 2011 manslaughter of a teacher and publican was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison for withholding evidence during Garda investigations.

The banks and courts are showing scant mercy when it comes to families struggling to stay in their homes. Norma Costelloe talks to families who think this year could be the year that the bailiffs finally come knocking.

Kerry GAA star Paul Galvin is as well known for his daring and trendy style as his football skills — and, to prove his fashion prowess, he is about to launch a menswear clothing range for Dunnes Stores.

A 73-year-old Dutch man, who was one of three men found with almost €5m worth of cannabis herb and resin, has today been jailed for seven years.

Leinster Senior Cup: Belvedere College 32 Gonzaga College 5

The Court of Appeal has doubled the "very seriously inadequate" six-year sentence imposed on a man who raped one woman and sexually assaulted another within hours of each other.

AIB MUNSTER CLUB IFC SEMI-FINAL:

RTÉ has received a dressing down for remarks fashion designer Paul Costelloe made on air that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland found offensive to women.

A fashion designer who talked about Irish emigrants “damaging” young English virgins has been criticised by a broadcasting watchdog.

Kilkenny survived a late Wexford rally to advance from their Camogie League Division 1 semi-final in Waterford by 2-7 to 1-7.

As Debenhams brings its size 16 mannequins to Ireland, the UK's chief medical officer has criticised the move, saying it makes obesity acceptable. But when the average woman is now a size 16, isn't it about time the fashion industry catered to the reality rather than the ideal?

Cork City 4 Limerick FC 0

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.

A Wicklow accountant who ran over a trainee nurse with his Jeep in Dublin City Centre has received an 18-month suspended sentence and a four-year driving ban.

A recidivist burglar who assaulted and threatened to kill a 97-year-old woman in her home has had his six-year jail term increased by four years after a successful appeal by the DPP.

A recidivist burglar who assaulted and threatened to kill a 97-year-old woman in her home has had his six-year jail term increased by four years after a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Limerick FC 1 UCD 3

Bohemians 0 Limerick 1

Bishopstown 2-14 Dohenys 2-12 (aet)

IT’S time for summer entertaining, and even if we’re still frozen stiff we can muster a sense of summer indoors.

Bray Wanderers 0 Limerick FC 4

I THINK Paul Costelloe is flirting with me. I won’t let it go to my head though, because I think he flirts with everyone.

Having defied medical opinion and returned to match fitness a month earlier than expected, Paul O’Connell sets out this afternoon on a path that could see him feature for Munster in next month’s Heineken Cup quarter-final with Harlequins.

The final day at London Fashion Week wrapped with two familiar Irish names on schedule.

While Stradbally were ecstatically celebrating a one-point Waterford SFC replay victory over The Nire last Saturday night, two of their longest serving players spent the night in the hospital and will miss next Sunday’s Munster meeting with Cork champions Castlehaven.

A Westmeath father who admitted during counselling sessions that he had abused other children has been sentenced to eight years for the rape and sexual assault of his wife’s 13-year-old niece.

A car dealer has been jailed for four years after he failed to pay over €220,000 Vat on secondhand vehicles.