Limerick 0 Dundalk 1

Monaghan 1-16 Donegal 1-10: Monaghan are safe in Division One, for another season, while Donegal will have a final chance at survival on Sunday, when they host Mayo in a winner-takes-all contest in Ballybofey.

Jessie Buckley may be on the cusp of stardom, but the thing she’s most looking forward to is returning to Killarney for her sister’s Confirmation, writes Esther McCarthy

An injury-time point from Paddy Durcan earned Mayo a hard-earned two league points in Clones on Sunday against a Monaghan side that ended the afternoon with just 12 players on the pitch.

US President Donald Trump has praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a White House swearing-in ceremony as a jurist who will rule "not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law".

Now that Christmas is nearly here, it’s time to let loose the shimmer. Make sure you sparkle this festive season with Katie Wright’s glittering guide.

Donaghmoyne (Monaghan) 1-8 Mourneabbey (Cork) 1-6: Champions Donaghmoyne held off brave Mourneabbey in a thrilling All-Ireland Ladies Club SFC semi-final at Fontenoy Park yesterday.

A 30-year-old man was put on trial yesterday for allegedly threatening to put a gun to his aunt’s head and to burn down her house after she inherited the property from her mother and decided to sell it.

Fresh from last week’s historic exploits in the Europa League, Dundalk refocus fully on their title retention quest when they host Shamrock Rovers at Oriel Park this evening.

Some 624 women held in Magdalene laundries have to date received a lump sum payment of more than €23m under a government redress scheme.

Helen O’Callaghan on a teen’s early start in volunteering   

The mental health services are “not fit for purpose” and need to be “ripped up” in favour of a new approach, a consultant psychiatrist with the HSE told a conference at UCC yesterday.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has reiterated that An Grianán “served a different purpose” to High Park Magdalene laundry — despite HSE evidence stating they were “one and the same thing”.

The former assistant national director of child and family services in the HSE said he was “not surprised” when approximately 700 unidentified files relating to children, about whom concerns had been raised, were recently unearthed.

A woman who stabbed her 77-year-old friend three times in the neck and chest after he allegedly asked her to be his girlfriend has been remanded in custody pending sentence.

Ex Machina ****

Sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, Johnny Depp stars as a bumbling buffoon in comedy Mortdecai, New York-set drama A Most Violent Year and Mark Wahlberg plays a professor with a gambling addiction in The Gambler.

A young programmer becomes part of an experiment to test if an android AI possesses consciousness.

After breaking through with The Beach, Alex Garland has swapped the pen for the director’s chair on Ex Machina, writes Ed Power

BRIGHTS, neons and pastels might take a back seat for autumn, but there’s certainly no skimping on dramatics this season.

As a 3D version is released to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Ed Power looks at the ‘curses’ surrounding the iconic film

Andrew McCormack

Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage, and in his extravagant personal life.

From Justin Bieber to Lindsay Lohan, what is it about child stardom that seems to result in controversy?

AT FIRST glance, Newbridge and Hollywood wouldn’t appear to have a lot in common — the Kildare town and Tinseltown would seem to be worlds apart both geographically and culturally.

Baroness Thatcher’s death could propel The Wizard Of Oz track Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead into the top 40 of the singles chart in the UK.

We’re off to see the Wizard. Again.

A forecast of cold weather over the next few days combined with the potential impact of the budget on spending has sent a chill through retailers across the county.

James Corden has been nominated for a prestigious Tony Award for the Broadway production of his hit show One Man, Two Guvnors.

Irish cybercrime law is inadequate and outdated and this may favour two young Irish students alleged to be at the centre of a global hacking ring if the US seeks to extradite them, a law expert has said.

State prosecutors have been asked to examine the case of veteran Republican Sean Garland to determine whether he should be charged with an alleged US super-dollar forgery plot.

The High Court has today referred Sean Garland's case to the DPP having refused to extradite him to the US.

A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

A JUDGE has granted an emergency injunction to a publican preventing her neighbour carrying out any further work on a boundary that separates the properties.

A veteran republican handed over almost $250,000 in Russian hotels in an international plot to spread the notes across Europe, a court heard.

AS comfortable a win as was expected brought a difficult week to a satisfactory end for Shamrock Rovers as the champions maintained their three point lead at the top of the table in inflicting a 12th league defeat in succession on bottom side Galway.

A CORK man who was seriously involved in the drug trade for profit was jailed for eight years yesterday.

CIVIC and business leaders in the south-east have called for “fair pricing” during Waterford’s hosting of the Tall Ships this summer.

BUSINESS and tourism leaders in Waterford are furious with the country’s tourist agencies after the city was omitted from a map on the Meet in Ireland website.

AN Post has released two stamps themed around women’s rights to celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day.

The extradition hearing of former Worker’s Party president Sean Garland, who is wanted in the United States for his alleged involvement in a sophisticated counterfeiting operation, has been further adjourned until early next year.