Sharon Ní Chonchúir says seaweed is one of the most nutritious foodstuffs on the planet and we need to protect this important natural resource

Are you sick of all the photos and videos of this morning’s solar eclipse flooding your Twitter and Facebook feeds?

No flies on kids these days: An app for tracking Santa, a dram of Smithwick’s to send him on his merry way but BETTER WATCH OUT — thanks to relentless public health messaging, even 8-year-olds now know drink driving is a no-no.

Kevin Cassidy has described Jim McGuinness’ comparison of Dublin with Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea as "silly".

Two days after the 2005 Donegal SFC final, Jim McGuinness gathered Naomh Conaill’s panel together in the shadow of Davy Brennan Memorial Park’s stand in Glenties.

One hopes Donegal’s Darach O’Connor didn’t have too much time to day-dream during his recently completed Leaving Cert. But, if he did, this was the type of day he surely contemplated.

Clare 3-19 Dublin 2-18

Clare 1-12 Cork 0-11

In the accompanying panel, Donegal stick out like a sore thumb.

It began with a phone call 11 months ago. Louis Mulqueen got in touch with Shane O’Donnell’s father looking for his son’s number.

CLARE's hat-trick hero Shane O'Donnell joked he will return to UCC over the next few days to rub it into the faces of his Cork college mates.

So we’re all back in Croke Park for another day out. But Clare and Cork head there with a major worry — their defences.

The moment of truth has arrived, only two teams standing, the two best teams in the country. And they ARE the two best teams, they’re in this final completely on merit.

Fra Moloney’s sitting room wall is lined with the usual snapshots — family portraits, communions, confirmations, baptisms and weddings.

Former Clare hurler Niall Gilligan empathises with the county’s current crop.

Davy Fitzgerald called on the GAA to use an independent doctor to rule on suspected concussion cases during matches yesterday.

Conor O’Sullivan and his Cork team-mates will be trying to beat Clare this Sunday for the three players who’ve been “carrying us for years”.

If the Munster Council ever feels the need for someone to promote its senior hurling championship, look no further than Clare captain Patrick Donnellan.

A welcome win on Sunday for Clare in the Munster senior hurling championship; welcome also was the sight of full-forward Darach Honan bearing down on goal and causing mayhem every time he got on the ball.

The 2014 Giro d’Italia will start in Northern Ireland and will have at least one stage finish in the Republic.

He’s living in Limerick these days, in Castleconnell, the heartland of Ahane hurling, he’s married to a Limerick woman, he’s still earning his corn in a different sport, but Marcus Horan’s heart is still in Clare and still in hurling.

Only one injury for Cork as they prepare for Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A final against Kilkenny, goalkeeper and captain Dónal Óg Cusack ruled out for the season.

THE angry man in the queue for chips last Saturday night wasn’t sparing the blame.

Limerick 4-12 Clare 2-13

DARACH Murphy was devastated when his brother Seamus, who has a mild intellectual disability, was admitted to a closed ward at St Ita’s Hospital in Portrane, a north Dublin suburb miles from his home in Glasnevin.

MICK LALLY’S driving passions of acting, the Irish language and the struggle for social justice were to the fore in the humanist ceremony which marked the 64-year-old actor’s final journey yesterday in west Dublin.

THE “nation has lost one of its favourite uncles” is how actor Mick Lally’s son Darach summed up the feelings of sadness which spread far beyond his family at the funeral of his father in Dublin yesterday.

The funeral of actor Mick Lally has taken place in Dublin.

ICONIC Irish actor Mick Lally, who is to be cremated later today, has made one last memorable gesture by asking mourners to donate to the Pakistan flood relief fund.

A SHY man of passion, sensitivity, grit, honesty and immense talent who should never be forgotten.

MICK LALLY was one of the best-loved actors of his generation and will be dearly missed, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said.

The theatre world was tonight mourning the loss of Mick Lally, one of its most renowned actors.

HIS team produced a brave and defiant display to properly test warm favourites Waterford, but the failure to ultimately garner the spoils left Clare boss Ger O’Loughlin deeply disappointed in Thurles yesterday afternoon.

SOME journeys matter more than the destination, but not yesterday in Semple Stadium.

Clare manager Ger 'Sparrow' O'Loughlin cut a disappointed figure after watching his side cough up a six-point lead on the way to losing 0-22 to 1-15 to Waterford in today's Munster SHC semi-final clash.

CLARE Under 21 star Darach Honan has been selected for the inaugural Bord Gáis Energy ‘Breaking Through’ Player of the Year award.

JOHN MINOGUE was in a hurry by the time he finally made it to the press centre.

THE FIRST thing to say was how fantastic to see Plan B going up in lights at Croke Park again yesterday.

LONG before Joe Canning, John Fenton and other hurling artists acquired cult status for their skill in taking line balls, a certain Michael Moroney from Crusheen was an expert at it.

LATE in 2006, when they came together for the first time, the Clare U21 hurling management would have had the obvious ambition of bringing a first ever Munster title to the county.

Clare forward Darach Honan is a major doubt for the All-Ireland U-21 Hurling final against Kilkenny on September 13, after injuring his hamstring while in action for his club Clonlara at the weekend.

AH, friends, after a match such as this – nay, after living, breathing life theatre such as this, pity us poor scribes!

LONG after the final whistle, Clare manager John Minogue was still struggling for words.

THE world’s leading cyclists contest the five day Tour of Ireland next August.