A day after their Junior Cup team was eliminated by a St Munchin's second-half comeback, Pres's senior squad inflicted the same fate on the Limerick school

The state needs to urgently appoint a dedicated expert to direct each of the different agencies in the midst of major incidents at sea or risk a major ecological disaster.

Cork just edged out All-Ireland champions Tipperary in this NHL 1A game, the 9,821 in attendance seeing an entertaining, end-to-end game.

Inductees will join a dozen Hall of Fame members

When a losing manager — unprompted — describes a game as a tale of two halves the story writes itself.

The result, which played out in front of a crowd of 1,628, means the All-Ireland champions cannot now progress to the decider.

All-Ireland champions Tipperary went down to visitors Clare in this Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League opener at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh.

Thankfully, the Limerick-native avoided any long-term damage to his lung.

A Joe Halligan goal proved the difference as Westmeath defeated Wexford in Saturday's Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup senior football opening round tie at St. Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy.

Former Galway hurler David Forde has joined new manager Shane O’Neill’s backroom team — as a selector.

A NEW survey confirms the presence of at least six rare spiders in Killarney National Park.

Attractively gable-fronted with a three-sided bay window and a mix of arched and dormer windows on its top floor, Number 3 Church Hill in Innishannon is a very modern property with a distinctively Victorian style appearance.

When it comes to podcasting, all it takes is one idea — and who knows where it can take you.

Galway hurling officers and delegates are to meet tonight after outgoing selectors Noel Larkin and Franny Forde turned down the offer to manage the Tribesmen in 2020.

Galway’s hurling managerial crisis shows no signs of abating as the hurling board have asked officials to approach Francis Forde and Noel Larkin to reconsider their decisions to step away from the managerial appointment process.

From having three candidates for the senior hurling manager’s position last week, Galway GAA may have none by this weekend after Tony Ward removed himself from the race.

THE inaugural Cork Podcast Festival takes place in various venues on October 11-13.

All-Ireland pennants are very hard to come by so Charleville were overjoyed when they claimed their second win in the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield since 2006 with a heart-stopping 3-2 over Castlebar at a wet and windy Westport.

Timmy O’Riordan, 68, of 29 Fairhill Drive, Fairhill, Cork, pleaded guilty in June to a charge of assaulting Timmy Forde at Fairhill Drive, Fairhill, Cork, on July 16, 2018.

Ballinlough Festival Committee was pulling down the shutters on a highly successful end-of-summer event in the community park when some of the children who had been in attendance came racing through a nearby housing estate shouting “Douglas is on fire, Douglas is on fire”.

A number of eyewitnesses whose cars were parked in the multistorey carpark that was engulfed by fire in Douglas this evening spoke to the Irish Examiner.

His mother said there is now a road in Bangladesh called to the Ryan road while Micheál has been posthumously appointed Chief Engineer of the UN World Food Programme.

Given that much of the focus on last Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final revolved around Richie Hogan’s sending off, arguably the most important moment of the match has almost gone underappreciated.

A final for the annals but certainly not for the ages.

As a gauge of how competitive the All-Ireland final was, the free-taking sequence for both sides tells an interesting story.

As a gauge of how competitive the All-Ireland final was, the free-taking sequence for both sides tells an interesting story.

It was written by Irish American director John Ford ahead of the filming of the Quiet Man in Ireland.

Ambitious plans for a brewery and whiskey distillery outside Killarney, Co Kerry, are under appeal to Bord Pleanála on the grounds of “fire-water retention”.

Fake banknotes which are supposed to be used for film and TV have made another appearance in Co Cork.

Quite frankly, only the most dogged of souls will survive. And even then, the bodies will be sore for days afterwards, you would imagine.

A powerful final 25 minutes by 14-men Tipperary sent them into next month’s All-Ireland final against Kilkenny.

Samuel Forde, the Court heard, has cerebral palsy which has affected every aspect of his life and his requirements for the future are extensive and he will need lifetime care.

There was only ever going to be one winner here and, right enough, it was Laois.

The duo behind the popular 'West Cork' podcast will be live in Cork as part of the first podcast festival in the city.

It was understandable that John Kiely not so much took offence, but bristled at the suggestion that Limerick showed signs of Kilkenny ruthlessness last Sunday.

Edge, by definition, is a margin of superiority, a quality or factor that provides an advantage over rivals.

Difficult to distinguish the winners from the losers here. Because the scoreboard told only half the story.

First-half injuries to Cathal Barrett (hamstring) and Patrick Maher (knee) tempered Tipperary maintaining their 100% record as they and Limerick will meet again in a Munster final on Sunday week.

A GP on Cork’s northside is set to be elected Lord Mayor of the expanded city tomorrow night even as last-minute talks on a voting deal continue.

How sad it was to watch the son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier speak of the murder of his mother last weekend in Goleen.

Jason Forde hit 1-9 as Tipperary shook off a sluggish mid-game spell to leave 14-man Waterford on the brink of a Munster Championship exit.

Business as usual in Kilkenny, Tipp are kidding no-one, but it’s a revision of the best-laid week-one plans for Messrs Meyler, Fanning, and Kenny, says Derek McGrath.

Tipperary claimed their first win over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in seven years but perhaps, more importantly, their first victory in Munster since 2016 in front of a 30,274 crowd.

“I think more is made out of that than there needs to be,” says Jason Forde. Such is life with the Tipperary hurlers.