Paul Rouse takes a look at the evolution of Gaelic football.

On Saturday, Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers will put up for sale the diary which Pat Davin, the outstanding Tipperary athlete, kept of a tour of the USA undertaken by GAA hurlers and athletes in 1888.

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

The father of a boy with autism who was attacked by a group of teenagers has said his family has been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from the public.

A Cork charity has given an all-expenses-paid trip to Disneyland to a teenage boy with autism who was the victim of a horrific assault.

Children from around the country have sent cards and gifts to the teenager with autism who was attacked by a gang of youths in Carrigaline, Co Cork, who then posted footage of the ordeal on social media.

The father of a boy with autism has said his “heart is breaking” after an attack on the 14-year-old by a group of teenagers who then allegedly posted footage of the ordeal online .

A 20-year-old man has been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2012 murder of Martin Brophy.

A powerful new Irish film attempting to highlight the impact of suicide on wider society is being streamed free online in an effort to encourage those at risk to seek help.

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A boost in revenues from the GAA’s “prawn sandwich brigade” contributed to operating profits at the firm that runs Croke Park almost doubling last year to €8m.

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has played down the significance of a mishap involving the county’s bus prior to Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

It was amazing to hear the president of the GAA Liam O’Neill state that all the seats in Croke Park give the spectator a good view of the pitch and the games played there.

In the end, they just shook hands and exchanged mild salutations.

A goal from substitute Davin O’Neill 20 minutes from time saw 10-man Cork City get back to winning ways in a five-goal thriller at Turner’s Cross last night.

A murder investigation was under way last night into the death of a “devoted dad” who may have been lying dead in an abandoned building for up to 24 hours before his body was found by teenagers.

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition, some retro-style singing, tango-dancing as well as arts and crafts are among the elements being celebrated this Friday in south Tipperary as the county marks Culture Night for the first time.

MARK DONNELLAN’S haul of 1-9 secured an historic All-Ireland title for Maynooth Post Primary School in Tipperary on Saturday.

The Distant Hours

THE wheel came full circle for a north Tipperary couple on June 14, 2007, when their fourth child was born in a car just outside a doctor’s surgery on the outskirts of Limerick.

GARDAÍ expect to question Louth fans in the coming weeks for allegedly assaulting referee Martin Sludden following the controversial end to the Leinster senior football final last month.

CROKE PARK bosses look set to reverse their decision to cordon off over 2,000 seats for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Cork and Dublin.

FORMER intercounty referee Willie Barrett abandoned a club hurling match in Tipperary on Saturday after he was struck twice by a ‘supporter’ wielding a hurley.

CILLIAN LORDAN will have the honour of being be the first captain of the newly-formed Cork City Foras, it was confirmed last night.

The book focuses on people’s experiences of the association.

NICKEY BRENNAN yesterday paid tribute to the GAA’s first president Maurice Davin for his role in ‘bestowing the gift of the GAA on the Irish nation’.

IT’S been a massive ticket scramble but the last of the IRFU’s allocation for the Six Nations visits of France and England will go on sale tomorrow morning.

AN investment with a hot business address is to be offered for sale for close to €8 million.

Croke Park's Canal End, originally built in 1949, is set to be named after the GAA's first ever president, Maurice Davin.