The HSE says tactics used by some opposed to the HPV vaccine amounts to "emotional

The reduction in uptake of the cervical cancer vaccine may influence a reduction in uptake of other childhood vaccines, a HSE health chief warns.

Only half of the teenage girls entitled to receive a vaccine that prevents cervical cancer started getting the jab last year.

LEITRIM secretary Diarmuid Sweeney says not enough supporters are taking advantage of the Connacht Council’s group ticketing scheme.

Reigning champions DCU crashed out of the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kieran McGeeney's Kildare side marched into the semi-finals of the early season competition.

LIMERICK County Council warned yesterday that water supplies were coming under extreme pressure as a result of burst pipe leaks and increased demand.

Householders around the country tonight faced a second evening without fresh running water as reservoirs were ordered to ration supplies.

Thousands of homes were facing water shortages again today as local authorities continued to ration supplies in the wake of the big freeze.

MET Éireann has warned of more severe weather conditions in the south of the country today, with the big freeze being replaced by heavy rain and high winds.

PEOPLE living in flood- risk areas in Co Limerick below Parteen Weir were yesterday warned to prepare to evacuate at short notice as more water had to be released through Ardnacrusha ESB power station due to record high levels on Lough Derg.

Cork 0-18 Laois 0-9

I AM a public sector worker employed as a firefighter/paramedic in Dublin Fire Brigade. For some months now there seems to be a division building between public and private sector workers as the economy falters and the measures taken last Tuesday seem to have worsened the situation.

LIMERICK County Council, following consultation with the Health ServiceExecutive, yesterday removed a drinking water alert which had affected 2,000 residents in the heritage village of Adare, Co Limerick.

A LIMERICK County Council boil water notice was still in place in Adare last night, affecting 700 homes.

Tap water in Co Limerick was declared safe to drink tonight after concerns the supply may have been contaminated during freak flooding.

Leitrim 1-12 Clare 1-0

The Leitrim team was announced last night in advance of the Connacht Senior Football Championship encounter against Galway in Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

Leitrim 0-17 New York 0-6

Ireland will take on Scotland in the AIB Club International game in Donnybrook on Friday, February 22. Kick off is at 7.35pm.

Longford denied Meath a place in the semi-finals of the 2008 O'Byrne Cup as they recorded a magnificent 0-14 to 1-6 win at Navan this afternoon.

RURAL dwellers in Co Limerick are looking forward to a wireless broadband system which the County Council plans to install at up to 50 locations.

WE’VE a song about the pub with no beer.

Leitrim 1-10 Galway 0-17

A WATER row erupted in Co Limerick yesterday after Limerick County Council opened a river-sourced supply in the Pallaskenry area replacing the existing lake-sourced scheme.

Laois 0-13 Offaly 1-7, Portlaoise

ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE champions Shannon have been kept apart from arch-rivals Garryowen in the semi-finals of the AIB Cup, the draw for which was made yesterday.

A 28-man squad for the first AIB Club International of the season between Ireland and England Counties in Donnybrook on Friday, 23rd February has been named today.

A 49-man squad has been named to prepare for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and England Counties on Friday, February 23.

A 49-man squad for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and England Counties on Friday, February 23 has been named today.

Louth 3-14 Leitrim 1-11

Second-half goals from Donal Brennan and Ciarán Duignan ensured Leitrim's passage into the Tommy Murphy Cup final on August 27.

Tipperary looked a shadow of their former selves as Ciaran Duignan scored six points to guide Leitrim into the Tommy Murphy Cup semi-finals at Semple Stadium.

Sligo have booked their place in the third round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers, winning their north-west duel with Leitrim by 1-07 to 0-09.

LEITRIM 1-09 MAYO 1-10

Drumreilly clubman Declan Maxwell has been passed fit to play in Leitrim's Connacht SFC semi-final against Mayo on Sunday (Carrick-on-Shannon, throw-in 3.30pm).

A 38-man squad for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and Scotland in Donnybrook on Friday, March 10 has been announced.

A 38-man squad for the first AIB Club International between Ireland and Scotland in Donnybrook on Friday, March 10 was named today.

ANTHONY FOLEY, described by former Munster coach Alan Gaffney as one of the most astute brains in rugby, will lead Munster again this season.

DURING his legendary managerial career, Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has always maintained the dictum of its "horses for courses."

THERE were more twists than Fair City and a mighty Quinn to give it an appropriate climax, but when the dust had settled on yesterday’s Leinster football final at Croke Park, the same question stood on its end, begging an answer.