Three towns are to be picked in Co Cork for a scheme to make them more age-friendly.

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 3-15 The Nire (Waterford) 0-6: Whatever about the decision to play the Rose of Tralee shortly after the final whistle, there could be no arguing with the rendition of Simply the Best that greeted winning captain Johnny Buckley as he ambled towards the presentation area.

The family of murdered Vincent Ryan are calling for an end to senseless killings on the streets of Dublin.

Since early February, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has sidestepped questions over whether he had any role in the decision 20 years ago to allow a woman with significant intellectual disabilities to remain at an abusive foster home.

THE waitress in Kinsale’s cosy cafe, Poet’s Corner, confides: “if you were to listen to all the chat and gossip in here, you would have enough material for ten novels.”

AIB MUNSTER CLUB SFC SEMI-FINALS:

Maurice Shanahan measured a last-minute free to supply Lismore with the draw they required on Saturday night to reach the quarter-finals and nudged Fourmilewater towards the relegation play-off.

Waterford SHC, Round 4: With their backs to the wall beforehand, county champions Passage came out fighting last night to claim a vital Group 1 win over Fourmilewater in a crunch fourth round clash at Fraher Field (3-18 to 1-18).

A re-enactment of the inquest into the sinking of the Lusitania, featuring descendents of the jury, will be one of a number of events planned to commemorate next year’s 100th anniversary of the sinking of the liner.

Ballinacourty and Stradbally advanced to the Waterford SFC quarter-finals after the completion of the third round over the weekend.

Police have come under attack at a dissident republican rally in Derry today.

Fresh revelations into sinking of the Lusitania claim to debunk theories that an explosion of munitions on board caused the ship to sink rapidly off the coast of Kinsale, Co Cork, claiming 1,198 lives.

High School, Clonmel, despite playing with 14 men for the majority of the second-half, held off St Flannan’s at Lattin yesterday to reach the Munster Colleges Frewen Cup (U16½ AFC) final.

CAPE BLANCO was named America’s champion turf performer for the 2011 season at the prestigious Eclipse Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday night.

AWAIT THE DAWN is “unlikely” to take his chance in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

THERE will be a special commemoration of the 343 firemen who died in 9/11 in Kinsale today.

THE curtains may have been shut tight in the first-floor room, but the reality of what occurred behind them on Sunday could not be hidden away.

THE boyfriend of a woman in a critical condition following a suspected gas or fumes leak at a well-known Kinsale hotel was last night keeping a bedside vigil along with her family.

-1954: Tony Walsh is born.

A cardinal, several bishops and gardaí face damning criticism tonight over revelations a serial paedophile priest was free to abuse for 16 years.

The Vatican wanted a dangerous Irish paedophile priest to serve 10 years in a monastery rather than force him out of the Catholic Church, an inquiry revealed today.

SALES of eggs and poultry have risen 5% and 6% over the past year, according to new figures from Bord Bia.

BROTHERS Ger and Kieran Coakley of Clonakilty scored a remarkable double at the All-Ireland Ploughing Championships last week.

HIKING and walking are now the most popular activity pursuits by tourists in Ireland, with upwards of two million people, including home and overseas visitors, taking part each year.

Team Ireland Equestrian’s Show Jumping Team Manager Robert Splaine today announced his squad for the Nations' Cup of Germany which will take place in Aachen next Thursday night, July 15.

A LEADING theologian who called for all bishops named in the Murphy report to resign has backtracked, insisting the Bishop of Galway should not be forced from his post.

DONAL MURRAY, now aged 69, was brought up in Mount Merrion in Dublin. His father, Tom, a native of Templederry in North Tipperary, was a senior civil servant who went on to become chairman of the ESB.

ONE of the bishops strongly criticised for failing to deal with clerical child sex abuse in Dublin resigned from his position as president of the Irish Pilgrimage Trust yesterday.

A retired bishop who mishandled clerical child sex abuse cases tonight resigned as head of a charity.

Pressure was mounting tonight for the resignation of senior clerics who shielded paedophile priests to protect the reputation of the Catholic Church.

CATHOLIC Church authorities in the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over many years in order to avoid scandal and to protect the good name and assets of the institution, the Murphy Commission has concluded.

The Murphy report into the rape and molestation of 320 children by 46 priests in the Dublin Archdiocese has found the Church and a former Garda Commissioner covered up abuse.

The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report revealed today.

AN HISTORIC museum in a top tourist town has been forced to close because of the Government’s ban on public sector recruitment.

I WOULD like to highlight the effects of the embargo on recruitment in tourism, especially in relation to the regional museum in Kinsale, Co Cork, where there seems to have been little thought given to the effects on tourism.

Irish diplomats are to meet senior Bolivian government officials today for high-level talks on the killing of Michael Dwyer, it emerged today.