James O’Donovan beat Aidan Murphy in the feature score of the Mid-Cork festival at Ballinacurra on Sunday.

Clare O’Sullivan and Emma Fitzpatrick will contest the Gretta Cormican Cup final in a bid to secure a semi-final place in next month’s Queen of the Roads.

The teenager's decomposed body was found almost three months after he went missing in 2010.

Daniel McAnaspie’s short life and violent death reflect badly on any notion that State and society have left behind the appalling treatment of children who find themselves beyond the sanctuary of a family home, writes Michael Clifford.

All those in the public gallery rose to their feet and applauded as Mr Dekker was led back towards the holding cells.

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday to consider their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 17-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a farmer's drainage ditch.

The trial of a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie has heard the Dublin teenager begged for his life as he was being stabbed to death.

Daniel McAnaspie’s skeletal remains were found on a farm in Co. Meath in May 2010.

Susan Greene is set to vacate the chair of Ból-Chumann na hÉireann, having led the national governing body since 2001.

Gavin Twohig bowled well at the Marsh Road to secure his place in the 2016 Munster intermediate final at the expense of Donal Riordan.

Brian Wilmot bowled impressively to win the Denis ‘Sonny’ O’Donovan Cup final with almost a bowl to spare on Edmond Sexton at Ardcahan.

The driver of a car that struck a man who later died said he was driving under duress.

Adrian Lewis cruised into the second round of the PDC World Darts Championship.

Gary Daly reversed his Munster senior final defeat by beating David Murphy in the last shot of a thrilling Denis McGarry Cup final at Whitechurch .

A Co Clare couple, whose dog attacked an 84-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries, have been fined €1,000 at Kilrush District Court.

David Murphy opened with six brilliant bowls at Bauravilla to send him on his way to an emphatic win over Martin Coppinger in the Mick Crowley Cup.

Former international rower turned bike rider, Cathal Moynihan won yesterday’s opening stage of the Kerry Group Rás Mumhan for the biggest win of his career and the first leaders’ yellow jersey of this year’s race.

Martin Coppinger retained his Munster senior title when he beat Brian Wilmot by almost a bowl at Bauravilla on Sunday.

A Dublin man has been cleared of murdering teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in State care when he was stabbed to death with half a garden shears three years ago.

The prosecution has today finished calling evidence in the trial of two men accused of killing teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

A court heard today how a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie was wearing a stab vest the night the teenager was killed.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of the murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in the care of the State at the time of his death three years ago, has heard his body was "stuffed into a suitcase" days after he was killed.

A jury has been hearing about the final movements of murder victim Daniel McAnaspie.

The son of Rabobank team manager Erik Dekker has accused his former “hero” Lance Armstrong of “destroying the sport I love so much”.

Thomas Mackle beat Christy Mullins by a bowl in the feature score of the Clonakilty Flood Relief benefit weekend at Shannonvale on Sunday.

John Shorten’s name is the first on the Johnny Holland Cup after a line-to-line win over Wayne Callanan and Killian Kingston at Bauravilla on Sunday.

TEENAGE Dutch sailor Laura Dekker is nearing the finish of her solo sailing trip around the world almost the same way she began it — in good spirits, despite endless debate about the terms under which she is allowed to be at sea.

Two men have appeared in court in Dublin charged with the murder of Daniel McAnaspie last year.

WORLD CHAMPIONS Aidan Murphy and Eamon Bowen Jnr shared the limelight at the weekend, winning their opening rounds of the Pat Barry Cup and the Mick Crowley Cup respectively.

THE manager for 14-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker says she will set off today on her venture to become the youngest person to make a solo voyage around the world.

TWO Dutch child care agencies battled yesterday over whether a 14-year-old sailor is ready to embark on a risky solo voyage around the world.

The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world said in an open letter published today that she has given up her opposition to her daughter’s trip.

A DUTCH court began sitting yesterday to decide whether to strip custody from the father of Laura Dekker, a 14-year-old locked in a battle with the state over a plan to sail solo around the world.

Teenage sailor Laura Dekker has been missing since Friday and Dutch police have alerted neighbouring countries to monitor airports.

A Dutch court today put a 13-year-old girl under the temporary care of state authorities, delaying her hopes of becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

The Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry said Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has left the Dutch Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.

TWO Dutch ministers resigned yesterday after accepting blame for safety lapses in a fire that killed 11 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation in an airport jail last year.