Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 2-10, Brewster Park

Monaghan GAA county teams have been given a timely pre-season boost, following the announcement of multi-national financial company Investec as their new sponsors.

Cavan 3-4 Monaghan 4-15

Monaghan's hurlers beat the South Down selection 2-10 to 3-03 at Clones this afternoon to record their first win of the 2008 NHL Division 4.

A NATIONAL audit of child sex abuse by priests is likely to be carried out following the findings of the Ferns Report, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said yesterday.

THOUSANDS of low-income families are being denied the basic human right of access to legal advice because of an outdated system of means-testing for the State's free legal aid scheme, it was claimed yesterday.

A Dublin civil servant who was convicted of the manslaughter of her husband has been sentenced to eight years in prison by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A group of leading Irish religious representatives came out in support of protests against the forthcoming visit of US President George Bush to Ireland.