A wheelchair-user paedophile sentenced to five years for indecent assault was transported to Castlerea Prison — and then brought home again — because he could not be accommodated at the jail this week.

A wheelchair user has been sentenced to five years in prison for indecently assaulting a girl during the 1980s.

Mark O’Halloran explains to Padraic Killeen how the central character of Davoren in The Shadow of a Gunman echoes O’Casey’s view of his younger self

A new exhibition at West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen features a range of artists who pay homage to the local environs, writes Alan O’Riordan

Women are now drinking as much as men, a study of college students has found.

Premier Division:

SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

EA Sports Cup Quarter-Final

Sligo Rovers 0 Cork City 0

SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

Bray Wanderers 0 Cork City 2

Limerick FC 1 Cork City 2

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

Cork City 2 Waterford United 0

Dundalk 4 Cork City 0

Cork City manager John Caulfield believes that managers of SSE Airtricity League teams have a duty to prevent their players from setting out to con referees.

As head butler at London’s Savoy Hotel, Irishman Sean Davoren pampers the wealthy, indulges

Results of radiocarbon dating of the ancient remains of a woman and two infant children discovered at a Burren fort last summer have dated the remains to between 535 to 649.

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Sligo Rovers 0

Sligo Rovers 3 Shamrock Rovers 0

Without having to kick a ball, St. Patrick's Athletic were the main winners on another night of important action in the Premier Division of the Airtricity League.

Sligo Rovers 1 Derry City 0

An archaeologist has described the discovery of the remains of one woman and two children at least 1,000 years old at a dig in the Burren as “very exciting and significant”.

Dublin 3-10 Galway 3-10

Sligo Rovers 0 Molde 1

Sligo Rovers 1 St Patrick’s Athletic 1

Sligo Rovers 0 Dundalk 1

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

Sligo Rovers 3 Derry City 0

Sligo Rovers 1 Drogheda Utd 0 (Drogheda Utd win 2-1 on agg)

Sligo Rovers maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Premier Division but not before overcoming a major scare against strugglers Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Goalkeeper Reyaard Pieterse was the hero with two brilliant penalty saves in the shoot-out as Rovers advanced to the semi-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

Danny North scored in each half as Sligo Rovers kept their unbeaten Premier Division run intact last night.

Daniel North struck twice in the top-of-the-table clash as leaders Sligo Rovers ended Drogheda’s 10-match unbeaten run in fine style.

Super sub Sean O’Connor saved St Pat’s blushes with a 71st-minute equaliser in a gripping game at the Showgrounds last night.

A Danny North goal 12 minutes from time ensured Sligo Rovers extended their lead at the top of the Airtricity League Premier Division at Turner’s Cross last night.

Derry City disrupted Sligo’s momentum as Airtricity League leaders with a battling performance in a mediocre game at the Showgrounds last night.

Goals in each half from Raffaele Cretaro and Danny North enabled Sligo Rovers go three points clear in the Airtricity Premier Division with a victory over Bray at the Carlisle Grounds last night.

Danny North hit a double to score for the third match running as Sligo joined Shamrock Rovers at the top of the Premier Division on Saturday night.

Table toppers Sligo Rovers prolonged their stay at the top of Premier Division with a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Monaghan United last night.

Bohemians are still seeking their first league point following a narrow defeat at the Showgrounds last night.

SHELBOURNE’S Stephen Paisley might have been the man of the match but there was no doubt who was, in American football parlance, the Most Valuable Player in yesterday’s FAI Ford Cup final.

IF you haven’t yet seen Joseph Ndo, you at least have to see his back heel.

FORMER Bohs defender Jason McGuinness struck for the only goal of the game to book holders Sligo Rovers’ place in a third successive cup final.