Cork Institute of Technology put in a gallant performance as they faced Dundalk IT in the Trench Cup semi-final in Portlaoise on Wednesday evening.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is to look at an "alternative way" to investigate the controversy around Dara Murphy's Dáil expenses.

The Dáil's top official has said “a series of mistakes” were made in the €1.8m Oireachtas printing controversy, but said those mistakes were “human error”.

Dara Murphy should only pay back his TD expenses if it is found he broke Dáil rules, the Taoiseach has said.

Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have been scathing in their criticism of the Oireachtas printing scandal which will now cost the tax-payer €1.8m.

The purchase and installation a new printer in Leinster House has cost €1.8m, a report reveals.

A member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has described the controversy of costly structural work to fit a €808,000 printer in Leinster House as “an absolute mess”.

An injury-time goal from Billy Casey helped Aghabullogue snap a 28-year losing streak to take the Cork JBHC title in Pairc Uí Rinn as they squeezed past Ballyhea.

The Dáil’s internal report into voting irregularities has been branded a “complete whitewash” by several Fine Gael ministers.

The internal Dáil report into the voting irregularities included testimony from the two TDs at the heart of the scandal - Timmy Dooley and Niall Collins- and this is what they had to say.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have declared war on each other after both parties made a series of formal complaints alleging their general election opponents have repeatedly broken rules in the Dáil votes saga.

In an interview on radio, Quinn condemned the 'barbaric attack', but took one minute and 40 seconds to cast himself and his family as victims, writes Daniel McConnell

At least five family pets were killed and a number of other dogs are extremely ill after eating poisoned meat.

Cavan secured their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship again next year with a decisive win against Westmeath this afternoon, while the Lake County ladies now face a winner-takes-all Relegation Final with Monaghan next weekend.

Around 100 people protested outside one of the Hyde and Seek creches in Dublin today to show their disgust at the findings of an undercover investigation.

A protest is to take place today outside one of the creches featured in an RTÉ Investigates exposé.

The outstanding Orla Finn scored 0-12 at TEG Cusack Park in Mullingar as Cork kickstarted their All-Ireland SFC Group 1 campaign with a convincing win over Cavan.

TDs and senators have been told they are wrong to feel there will be a "chilling effect" on their work in committees as a result of the Angela Kerins Supreme Court ruling.

Despite the surging costs, secretary general of Oireachtas services Peter Finnegan said the price tag represents "outstanding" value for the taxpayer.

Sean Finnegan faces a daunting test in his first final as a Ladies Football manager, but he says his Westmeath side are not getting bogged down by the prospect of five straight losses to Dublin in the TG4 Leinster SFC decider.

The average value of a home in Ireland rose by 0.3% in the second quarter of this year.

A young man who absconded from an open prison and lived "in plain sight" for more than four years before re-arrest has won Supreme Court declarations that his re-arrest and subsequent detention to serve out the rest of his 16-month sentence were unlawful.

Landlords are seeking extensive amounts of personal information, including PPS numbers, photo ID, and access to would-be renters’ social media accounts before they can view a potential rental property.

James Finnegan's first collection of poetry is the work of a mature man with a teaching career behind him. His work has been highly commended by the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry competition, and published in Cyphers and The Irish Times, among others, writes Alannah Hopkin

International group BishopAccountability.org has published a list of more than 70 clergy from across Ireland who have been convicted of abuse, or who were named in the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne reports as having faced abuse allegations.

The clinical director of One in Four has said the families of those caught and convicted for offences including possession of child abuse images must accept that their lives will never be the same and ideally adopt a role in helping to monitor the offender into the future.

A startup is on a mission to change our sleeping habits and get us bouncing out of bed in the mornings.

Erin’s Own 4-21 Bride Rovers 2-13: Erin’s Own had little difficulty in seeing off Bride Rovers in the first round of the Cork SHC at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

The average value of house prices rose by 8.4% in 2017, more than three percentage points higher than the 2016 increase of 5.2%, writes Catherine Shanahan    

A young man who fractured his skull when he was hit by a quad bike on a farm when he was only 12 years old has settled his High Court action for €125,000.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has terminated its relationship with controversial ticketing agency THG, following a mediation process.

Significant Government intervention is needed to bring about stability in the housing market, according to Ireland’s largest estate agency.

Dublin, who had lost the last three finals to Cork, finally got their hands on the Brendan Martin Cup.

The grief-stricken sister of a woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner has called for greater legal protection for women in abusive relationships.

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A Central Criminal Court jury has found Vesel Jahiri guilty of the murder of his former partner and mother of their two children.

A fingermark made by a man on trial accused of murdering his former partner was found on the same bloodstained knife that also yielded the deceased's DNA, a jury has heard.

A judge has told a man representing himself at his own trial, where he is accused of murdering his former partner, that he is “throwing out allegations” at witnesses “like confetti”.

A murder accused denied he told his former partner that he would "get her" during a phone call just hours before she died, his trial has heard.

And we’re back again. See Saw, Margery Daw… Forget nursery rhymes, Finnegan’s Wake makes more sense than this team – well, the three pages of it I ever managed to get through, writes Steven Kelly.

A Dundalk firm aims to be the global leader when it comes to safeguarding medical devices, writes Trish Dromey

A 25-year-old bar assistant who slipped on pigeon faeces at the open-air restaurant in which she worked at Dublin’s Heuston Rail Station has been awarded almost €25,000 damages against CIÉ.