The Fermanagh hurlers are celebrating for the second weekend in a row. Seven days after winning the Lory Meagher Cup, they earned the right to step up to the higher grade with a four points win over Louth in a Nicky Rackard Cup promotion/relegation play-off at Kingspan Breffni Park.

There were two wins for Ulster sides in Division 3A of the Allianz Hurling League as Fermanagh and Donegal claimed victories, while Leinster neighbours Louth and Fingal played out an entertaining draw at Swords.

A Dublin woman who sued her father for damages for sexual assault she suffered between the age of two and 12 has been awarded €375,000 in the High Court.

A 38-year-old mother-of-three has been awarded €375,000 damages against her father who sexually abused her from the age of two or three.

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has secured cabinet approval to appoint 33 senior garda to fill vacant posts in the force.

Meath joined Kerry in winning first time out in Allianz NHL Division 3A today, with the Royals claiming a 2-16 to 1-14 victory over London at Watford.

A Longford businessman was tonight sentenced to two years in jail for staging a road accident between a truck and a car.