The 1997 Finance Act made provision for the replacement of water charges and for preventing local authorities from charging householders for water.

This is my message to the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, in advance of the Budget.

The sisters of murder victim David Whyte burst into tears after a Dublin man was sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal stabbing of their brother.

A Palmerstown man has today been found guilty of murdering a security worker five years ago.

A murder trial has heard that the DNA of a Dublin man accused of murdering a 35-year-old was discovered on the clothing of the deceased.

A Dublin man has told a murder trial that the accused stabbed the deceased “to pieces” in the ruin of an old church five years ago.

A court has heard how a security worker died after being stabbed over 100 times in Palmerstown.

Chance has been significant in the careers of singers Owen and Moley Ó Súilleabháin, but the sons of composer and musicologist, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, and Dr Nóirín Ní Riain, have had the musical schooling to take advantage of these moments.

A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of David Whyte in Dublin five years ago.

IT was steady as she goes for a consistent Mitchelstown side who were never seriously troubled by Urhan in this Cork JAFC quarter-final at Dunmanway.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield recovered from a shock defeat to Carbury last time out by beating Round Towers in the third round of the Kildare senior football championship.

POET Paul Durcan will unveil a sculpture of the late Michael Hartnett during this year’s Eigse Michael Hartnett which opens in Newcastle West, Co Limerick today.

KILDARE have shown their ability to snatch a result at the death on a couple of occasions this year, most recently when full-back Mick Foley grabbed an equalising goal in Ballybofey last week.

Kildare 3-9 Louth 2-9

Westmeath stumbled in the second half as Kildare overturned a half-time deficit to qualify for next Sunday's O'Byrne Cup final, while last year's runners-up Louth beat UCD in the other semi-final.

A County Clare resident was today charged with the murder of a security guard who died following a stabbing in Dublin, in 2009.

A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty to impeding a Garda investigation into a fatal stabbing in Dublin last year, and is to be sentenced in January.

All-Ireland SFC Round 3 Qualifier

AFTER Tyrone accounted for Antrim in the Ulster championship, both Seán Cavanagh and Mickey Harte referred to the Saffrons having made it obvious how much they fancied their chances of an upset.

LIAM SHEEDY has made four changes to his Tipperary starting line-up as they attempt to revive their All-Ireland SHC challenge in tomorrow’s qualifier tie against Wexford in Semple Stadium after the defeat against Cork in the Munster quarter-final in May.

ONE can imagine the pundits dismissing this game as a carnival showpiece, such was the freedom afforded to the forwards on both sides, but you’d have to be a real crank not to have been entertained by this stupefying game.

Louth 1-22 Kildare 1-16

Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has handed Championship debuts to three players for tomorrow's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Louth at Pairc Tailteann (throw-in 7pm).

FOOTBALLER of the year Paul Galvin has missed out on a place in the Kerry starting 15 for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium due to an ankle injury.

British police were today investigating what sparked gunman Derrick Bird's killing spree amid reports he was involved in a bitter family feud.

THERE was good news for Kildare supporters as Dermot Earley came on as a second half substitute as the Lilywhites drew with Sligo in a challenge at Stephen O’Rourke Memorial Park yesterday.

TOMÁS Ó SÉ and Paul Galvin both return to the Kerry lineup for tomorrow’s NFL Division One relegation clash against Monaghan in Fitzgerald Stadium.

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ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

KILDARE won through to the O’Byrne Cup semi-final yesterday – they now play Louth – but the result was lost in the small print as seven players were sent off in an ill-tempered affair at O’Moore Park.

Kildare 0-11 Laois 0-8

A man was charged today with impeding a person from apprehension and prosecution in connection with a fatal stabbing in Dublin in September.

A man in his mid-40s is due in court today charged in connection with the murder of a Dublin man last year.

SUPER-SUB Trevor Kilgallon struck for a point eight minutes into injury time to rescue defending champions Celbridge in yesterday’s Kildare SFC semi-final against St Laurence’s, on a 2-8 to 1-11 scoreline in Newbridge.

A man was arrested today by detectives probing a murder near an old cemetery in Dublin seven months ago.

A €20,000 reward was offered today for help in solving the murder of a security guard found stabbed to death near an old cemetery.

Crimestoppers is offering a €20,000 reward for information about the murder of a 35-year-old man in Dublin last year.

The Fianna Fáil organisation in Cork city has been dealt a major blow with the resignation of a key activist and local election candidate, in the wake of the budget.

Gardaí in Dublin investigating the death of David Whyte have renewed their appeal for information this afternoon.

GARDAÍ are looking to track down work colleagues and friends of a man brutally murdered in west Dublin last Friday.

WITH the pressure on the European contingent this week, Ireland's top two - Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke - are in the spotlight.