Royal County Down starlet Olivia Mehaffey secured herself another top-10 finish at the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship.

Eight years on since Danny Hughes claimed an All-Star in Down’s improbable and glorious run to an All-Ireland final against Cork, he is still angry with football.

A right-wing US commentator who may have been the source of the videos tweeted by Donald Trump has admitted she did not know who Britain First were and did not attempt to check them out before spreading their messages online.

Tusla succeeded in securing access to DVDs of garda interviews in which children alleged they were sexually abused by their parents, despite claims by gardaí that releasing the material could compromise its criminal investigation.

Irish men are shedding their inhibitions and hitting the dance floor, thanks to the success of TV shows like Dancing with the Stars, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

Finn Harps 0, Longford Town 1: Finn Harps were shocked as they slumped to a seventh defeat on the trot to leave them hovering just above the drop zone. This defeat at Finn Park against rock bottom basement side Longford — whose only previous win came on the opening day of the season — will have set the alarm bells ringing.

A gynaecologist says a doctor at the heart of an inquiry was “not entitled” to recommend medication that would end a mother’s early pregnancy.

Tommy Fleming’s musical show tells of the Irish who had to change and adapt to their new home in London in the 1960s, writes Ed Power

Fiann Ó Nualláin’s horticultural hero for this month is geographically linked to the TV show, The High Chaparral.

Hurling superstar Seamus Callanan has revealed his belief that Tipperary will never deploy a sweeper and says he wouldn’t approve of the change if they did.

Benny Coulter has decided against a return to inter-county football.

An Irish teenager has been forced to remain in a psychiatric institution in Britain despite being ready for discharge, as there was no facility in Ireland to keep her.

Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson has rejected as “outrageous and groundless” an accusation he was to receive a payment linked to Northern Ireland’s largest ever property sale.

Crossmaglen Rgrs 2-22 Armagh Harps 0-10: There is simply no stopping Crossmaglen Rangers. 

Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson has rejected allegations he was to receive any payment linked to Northern Ireland’s largest ever property sale.

A growing number of young people displaying extreme violence and other difficult behaviour are entering the care system, the chief operations officer of the Child and Family Agency has claimed.

People’s “lived experience” of family life and willingness to talk about it trumped all the arguments against change during both the divorce and marriage equality referendums, a family law expert has claimed.

Nama faced fierce scrutiny yesterday amid claims by senior members of the Dáil’s public accounts committee that it should have cancelled a huge sale last year of €5.7bn of Northern loans, codenamed Project Eagle.

Nama chiefs will be hauled before the Dáil’s public spending watchdog on Thursday to address growing concerns about a controversial cut-price deal — linked to a secret €9.8m off-shore account scandal — that saw properties sold for €4bn less than their initial value.

Independent TD Mick Wallace’s allegations in the Dáil last Thursday set a controversy alight which had been burning for months in Belfast.

Nama has stood behind the sale of £4.5bn (€6.3bn) loans in the North, saying it remains fully satisfied that taxpayers got the best possible price in a deal struck with Cerberus Capital that was completed last year.

Peter McNamara looks at the big hurling clash in Munster, the Leinster hurling quarter-final and the big football clash in ulster.

Benny Coulter has claimed Down need Dan Gordon back to resolve their midfield problems if they are to challenge for an Ulster title.

SligoRovers 1 Bray Wanderers 3: David Cassidy was the toast of Bray Wanderers last night after his superb hat-trick earned the Seagulls their first points of the season and sent struggling Sligo into even more trouble as Owen Heary’s side search for their first win.

Dundalk 3  Sligo Rovers 0

There goes another one, a forward that used to light it up but has now conceded that the game itself more than father time has dulled and worn him down.

Benny Coulter has admitted that Down’s All-Ireland final loss to Cork in 2010 is the great regret of his career which will "eat me up until I go to my grave".

Benny Coulter last night joined the list of high profile inter-county players to announce their retirement in recent weeks, admitting it is with "a heavy heart" that he has called time on his 15-year career with Down.

The majority of parents involved in childcare cases in the courts are single or separated and parenting alone, while almost one in three children involved has special needs.

St. Patrick’s Athletic 0 Athlone Town 2

Athlone Town 0 Dundalk 3

Muskerry Golf Club have the chance to bury their demons of three years ago when their quartet bids for an All-Ireland title in the AIG Barton Shield at Carton House today.

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