Pre-tax profits at luxury chocolate maker Lir Chocolates increased by 171% to €1.33m in 2015.

Thurles CBS 0-14 Abbey CBS 0-9: It was not an afternoon for aesthetics as Thurles CBS ground out a five-point win over John Kiely’s Abbey CBS side in greasy conditions to book their place in the last eight of the Dr Harty Cup.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Tipperary 7-12 Galway 2-12

Tipperary 2-15 Clare 0-12: A pair of late goals sent Tipperary into the semi-final of the Munster Minor Hurling Championship at Cusack Park, Ennis last evening.

Gardaí are hoping to speak to a Co Limerick farmer today who almost died when thieves ran him down in a speeding car.

The standard of refereeing at inter-county level came in for strong criticism at yesterday’s annual Cork County Board convention in Pairc Uí Chaoimh, with the allegation that there is now "a serious lack of application" of the rules.

Waiting lists for children and teenagers in need of mental health appointments grew by 24% last year as a surge in demand put services under increased strain.

Luxury chocolate maker, Lir Chocolates is on course to record a 47% jump in profits to €420,000 in its current financial year.

A mother of three who was left blind in one eye after she was “egged” from a passing car has brought an action for damages in the High Court against the driver.

One of the country’s most recognisable GAA supporters has called on Association bosses to do more to ease the financial burden on fans.

Would-be organ donors should be able to use an online list to detail what they want offered for transplant on their death, experts have claimed.

Would-be organ donors should be able to use an online menu to detail what they want offered for transplant on their death, experts have claimed.

Rockchapel manager Tom Doody may be no stranger to club football success, but yesterday will rank among his most memorable achievements.

Rockchapel 1-07 Kilmurry 0-07

Relief was the overriding emotion from both camps following yesterday’s drawn Cork JAFC final.

A Cork transport company has been ordered to pay a former worker more than €36,000 in compensation for illegally sacking him because he had made a complaint to the Health and Safety Authority about potentially dangerous conditions at the firm.

Kenmare District 0-16 St Brendan’s 0-15(AET)

A man who was shot and beaten as part of a deadly Dublin inner city feud has been jailed for four years for his part in a robbery six years ago.

A man has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of holding a woman prisoner while her Kildare home was ransacked for money.

BALLYBODEN St Enda’s completed a five in-a-row to confirm their dominance in Dublin hurling when overcoming O’Toole’s by 12 points in a disappointing SHC final under lights at Parnell Park yesterday.

A 84-year-old retired lorry driver has today resolved his legal action over the Law Society's refusal to compensate him for more than €500,000 after his daughter, a solicitor, allegedly misappropriated money from the estate in which he was the main beneficiary.

A DELAY in opening a new 15-bed unit for psychiatric patients in Killarney was described as “irresponsible” at the weekend.

A 84-YEAR-OLD retired lorry driver has brought a legal challenge over the Law Society’s refusal to compensate him for more than €500,000 after his daughter, a solicitor, allegedly misappropriated money from the estate in which he was the main beneficiary.

ALMOST 30% of children and adolescents with a mental health disorder must wait more than a year for specialist help, a new report reveals.

SEVERAL cattle drowned after firefighters and rescue workers fought for four hours to save a herd of drowning cattle stranded in a field close to Rathkeale.

FIANNA Fáil Senator Mary White is set to net up to €1.2 million from the sale of Lir, the chocolate making company she co-founded. Ms White owns 15.2% of the company, which yesterday agreed to an €8m takeover by British firm Zetar.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) yesterday came under fire because of delays in providing community-based services for psychiatric patients in Kerry.

NEW scanning technology demanded by large supermarkets in the US and Britain is being developed at the Institute of Technology (IT) in Tralee.

NEW scanning technology, being demanded by large supermarkets in the US and Britain, is being developed at the Institute of Technology (IT) in Tralee.

WEST Limerick’s thriving €20 million a year poultry industry faces a complete wipe-out with the loss of more than 300 jobs at a processing plant.

JIMMY DOYLE entered Thurles CBS as a boy and left a man.

NURSES’ representatives at a Limerick psychiatric hospital have called for a dedicated children’s unit, to end the practice of placing them in a secure adult ward.

ANGRY theatre nurses have threatened to strike if their local health board fails to pay them new on-call rates sanctioned by the Department of Health in July.