An old-fashioned shoot-out thrilled and enthralled a crowd of 21,192 at St Tiernach’s Park

Cavan 3-13 Roscommon 0-13 Cavan broke their losing streak to give themselves a fighting chance of retaining their top flight league status for 2020.

Cavan boss Mickey Graham has lashed out at a series of decisions he claims have gone against his team in the opening rounds of the Allianz Football League.

Mickey Graham’s busy end to 2018 finished with a win in his first day at the office as Cavan manager, Conor Madden’s point deep into injury-time snatching a 0-13 to 1-9 McKenna Cup victory over Down.

Donegal 2-20 Cavan 1-15

Senior gardaí have admitted they failed civilian analysts who raised problems about the inaccurate recording of crime statistics and were also belittled by management.

Civilians working in An Garda Síochána say they were maltreated by members of the force when they questioned homicide figures, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

The chair of the independent Policing Authority will today strongly defend its decision not to reach out and speak to two civilian Garda analysts “attacked and belittled” by senior officers over incorrect homicide figures.

Roscommon 0-15 - Cavan 0-13: Kevin McStay hailed his side’s never-say-die attitude as a late rally, inspired by Ciaráin Murtagh, yielded a precious win against previously unbeaten Cavan.

The independent Policing Authority has been accused of “ratting out” two civilian Garda analysts to senior management in the force after they sought its help over false homicide figures.

The Policing Authority is to examine the dramatic comments on Garda homicide statistics by two Garda civilian experts at Wednesday’s Oireachtas justice committee and consider if “action is needed”.

The Tánaiste has insisted the Government is serious about Garda reform as he rejected claims of inaction on the misrecorded homicides controversy.

Once again the deep dysfunctionality within the gardaí has been laid bare, this time by two brave civilian members of the force, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

The maltreatment of two civilian analysts working in An Garda Síochána by senior uniformed management has been called a “national scandal” after they raised concern over homicide figures.

Senior Garda management figures have been accused of a blatant “cover-up” and criticised for “attacking and belittling” two civilian officers over false homicide figures.

Cavan are sitting pretty on the summit of Division Two of the Allianz Football League thanks to a jet-propelled first-half display at Kingspan Breffni yesterday..

A Cavan sex offender has been jailed for five years for the sexual assault and defilement of a 14-year-old boy he met following contact through a website.

David Givney's injury-time goal earned Cavan a replay in a thrilling Ulster SFC semi-final against Tyrone at Clones.

The last farthing in Irish Volunteers chief of staff Eoin MacNeill’s pocket when he was imprisoned after the Rising could be lying in a British Army grave in France.

The spirit of 1798 was the inspiration for the Rising in Enniscorthy, which, despite the lack of arms proved to be one of the more remarkable episodes of the week, writes Conor McNamara

Developers say no flooding risk to Blackpool, but OPW says centre appears to be located on floodplain

Monaghan 0-16 Cavan 0-15: LOGIC and basic biology tell us that there will come a time when Cavan’s burgeoning youth will overtake Monaghan’s grizzled vets, but that was postponed yesterday thanks to the nous and experience of Malachy O’Rourke’s wily old soldiers.

Some 40 jobs have been lost in Limerick with the sudden closure of a Eurospar supermarket at Watch House Cross.

St. Patrick’s, Cavan 2-12, St. Patrick’s Academy, Dungannon 0-8:

A Dublin playwright was asked to join a criminal operation to extort money from a business because he was good at voice characterisations, a court has heard.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he would like to see half of the cabinet made up of women if he was made taoiseach after the next general election.

It was always going to be a tough ask for the five Irish athletes to progress from their respective heats on day one of the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland yesterday, and so it proved, with none of the quintet able to make it to a final.

Sarah Lavin’s stock continued to rise yesterday at the British Athletics Indoor championships in Sheffield with a bronze medal over the 60m hurdles in 8.25 moving her to second on the Irish all-time record list.

Cavan 0-16 Monaghan 1-9

The owners of the four-star Clarence Hotel, which include Bono and the Edge, are not proceeding with a High Court action against a refusal by Dublin City Council to extend planning permission for a €150m proposal to transform the premises.

Gardaí in Dublin are calling on anyone who filmed a brutal assault on the Main Street in Swords yesterday, to come forward.

Wanted: Private Investigator to be based in Donegal — via JobBridge.

Athletics Ireland chairman of High Performance Ray Flynn described Robert Heffernan’s victory in the 50km race walk as the “best day of my athletics life” and that the main message of the Corkman’s performance was to “the athletes themselves.”

Rose-Anne Galligan's spectacular return to top-class athletics this year didn't translate into qualification for the semi-finals of the 800m at the World Championships in Moscow.

Plans by Bono and The Edge to revive their parked €150m revamp of Dublin’s Clarence Hotel were stopped in their tracks by Dublin City Council, the High Court heard yesterday.

Athletics Ireland have announced a hugely inexperienced squad for the upcoming World Championships.

Two Cork landowners have mounted a High Court challenge against a decision of the authorities to grant planning permission for a windfarm near their home.

The family of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick has been engulfed in further trauma after Amy’s brother Dean was fatally stabbed outside his mother’s home.

A remarkable opening day for Ireland at the European Indoor Athletics Championships was narrowly denied a golden finish when Derval O’Rourke was edged out into fourth in the final of the women’s 60 metres hurdles.

A strong team of 11 has named to represent Ireland at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, which get underway in Gothenburg on Friday.