Two goals in the opening quarter were decisive as Nenagh Éire Óg ended the SHC challenge of Loughmore-Castleiney with a 2-17 to 0-18 win at Dolla yesterday.

The son of a 62-year-old man beaten to death by a man half his age has said he cannot stop thinking of him drowning in his own blood with nobody to help him, writes Natasha Reid.

The son of a man beaten to death in an apartment in Terenure in Dublin has said he often dreams of his father calling him for help.

It was only earlier this month that Bernard Brogan was providing Jim McGuinness with a most back-handed sort of compliment on his departure as Donegal manager.

BOSS Liam Hogan toasted absent friend Stephen Perkins as Ballyboden St Enda’s claimed an historic fourth Dublin SHC title on the trot.

DUBLIN hurling boss Anthony Daly has not ruled David Sweeney out of his plans for the season despite the versatile player still not having returned to training.

Shane Ryan will line out for the Dublin Senior hurlers for the first time this Sunday, since his decision to quit the Blues' Senior football panel last October.

Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-18 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-18

I WAS down around the square in Thurles yesterday, and five or six Dublin lads passed me talking loudly.

Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17

Former Limerick player Maurice O'Brien has been named in the Dublin team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Limerick at Semple Stadium (throw-in 2pm).

FOR THOSE who still don’t understand the difference between a manager and a coach, take a look at the challenge facing Anthony Daly on Sunday.

Ballyboden St Enda’s 0-17 Kilmacud Crokes 0-07

St Oliver Plunkett’s/Eoghan Ruadh 0-13 Kilmacud Crokes 1-10

KILMACUD CROKES 1-10 ST. OLIVER PLUNKETTS/EOGHAN RUADH 0-13

Former All-Ireland senior club hurling champions Birr secured their seventh Leinster title in controversial circumstances at O'Connor Park, Tullamore today when they held out for a 1-11 to 0-13 victory over Ballyboden St. Endas.

Dublin champions Ballyboden St. Enda’s caused a bit of a shock at Parnell Park this afternoon by beating a vastly experienced Oulart the Ballagh team in the Leinster Senior Club Championship Quarter-final.

A motorist who crashed into a cyclist in West Cork killing him was banned from driving for eight years and given a two-year suspended jail sentence today.

Britain's intelligence services may have masterminded an IRA human bomb strategy which killed soldiers and civilians in Northern Ireland in 1990, a lobby group claimed today.

BRITAIN’S intelligence services may have masterminded an IRA human bomb strategy which killed soldiers and civilians in the North in 1990, a lobby group claimed yesterday.

Britain’s intelligence services may have masterminded an IRA human bomb strategy which killed soldiers and civilians in Northern Ireland in 1990, a lobby group claimed today.

A "career criminal" has been jailed for 15 years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for his role in the robbery which led to the shooting of publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises.

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has drafted David Sweeney and Alan McCrabbe into his side for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC relegation play-off against Westmeath (Tullamore, throw-in 2pm).

A man has been found guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of shooting Dublin publican Charlie Chawke during an armed robbery at his premises in 2003.

A female garda said she feared for her life and those of her colleagues when a raider shot at their patrol car windscreen following a pursuit from the scene of the robbery and shooting of publican Charlie Chawke.

THE first match of the 2006 Leinster senior hurling championship and the first shock.

Seamus Qualter’s Westmeath side made history in weather-hit Portlaoise as they ended Dublin’s Leinster championship campaign with a 0-13 to 0-11 victory.

DAVID SWEENEY returns to the Dublin team for Sunday’s NHL Division 2 final against Kerry at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

David Sweeney is back in the Dublin side for Sunday's NHL Division Two final against Kerry (Thurles, throw-in 1.30pm).

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has delayed his team selection for Sunday's NHL Division Two final against Kerry.

Dublin have captain Philip Brennan back in their ranks for tomorrow's NHL Division Two semi-final against Westmeath (Navan, throw-in 1.30pm).

KEN McGRATH is set to make his first start for Waterford in the current National Hurling League campaign when the Decies make the long trip north to Portaferry to take on pointless Down, on Sunday.

Dublin manager Tommy Naughton has made four changes to his team for Sunday’s NHL Division 2A meeting with Roscommon (Parnell Park, throw-in 2.30pm).

DAY seven in the Big Bother household and Dolores is feeling the pressure.

THE Irish winner of Europe’s biggest-ever lotto jackpot has made an impassioned plea for space and privacy as she comes to term with the unprecedented scale of her newfound wealth.

Irish housewife Dolores McNamara wants to return to normality as soon as possible, her solicitor said today as she collected the biggest jackpot in European Lottery history.

Irish housewife Dolores McNamara today handed over the winning ticket to claim the biggest jackpot in European lottery history.

Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara has issued a statement through her solicitor asking for space and privacy.

Dublin hurling boss Tommy Naughton has made two changes in personnel and three positional switches to his side as they attempt to salvage their All-Ireland quarter-final hopes.