When Sean O’Hagan returns to Cork this week he hopes to visit the Apple complex in Hollyhill.

Sarah Robb O’Hagan enjoys global success in business but that wasn’t always so. She talks to Rita de Brún about her new book, which shares some epic, vital failures along the way.

Last month in Tullamore Conor O’Hagan died aged just 25, a musician who had been described as living rough in the town. As his father, Kieran, outlines to Noel Baker, there was much more to his nomadic son...

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Tyrone’s dominance over neighbours Derry shows no sign of abating, and another convincing win saw them collect a sixth successive Dr McKenna Cup title at Pairc Esler.

THIS year — June 26 — marked the 20th anniversary of the murder of Veronica Guerin by drug criminals. Five years later, in September 2001, another journalist, Martin O’Hagan, was murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force. He was the only journalist to be killed in Northern Ireland’s 30 years of tit-for-tat terror, which, compared with the fate of journalists in many of the world’s conflict zones, is pretty remarkable.

Leinster 37 Dragons 12: Isa Nacewa and Fergus McFadden led by example at the RDS on Saturday, when their combined tally of 27 points helped Leinster to a comprehensive victory over Newport Gwent Dragons in the Guinness Pro12.

Leinster 23 Cardiff Blues 15: It proved a successful competitive home debut for Leo Cullen at the RDS on Saturday evening, as Leinster held off a game display from Cardiff Blues to secure their first win of the Guinness Pro12 season.

Tomorrow is the deadline for applications to Going for Growth,a peer support programme which helps women grow their business. Afric McGlinchey spoke to entrepreneurs, Oonagh O’Hagan, Siobhan Lawless and Marion Murphy Cooney, about what they learned on the programme

Leitrim captain Emlyn Mulligan is taking a break from county football next season having become disillusioned with the game.

It was Matt O’Connor who suggested some weeks ago Ireland needed to beat one of the two southern hemisphere sides this month if they were to be considered a serious World Cup contender in 12 months’ time.

With respect to Dolan O’Hagan (‘Political point scoring does a disservice to Máiria Cahill’, October 22) nobody doubts what Derry was like in the 1980s but most of the destruction of the city and its social order was wrought by the Provos.

The politicisation of the Máiria Cahill case is doing a disservice to the Irish political process and all victims of the northern conflict, argues Dolan O’Hagan.

Down 4-18 Leitrim 0-9

ALLIE HAGAN, creator of Suri’s Burn Book, a satirical blog that skewers our obsession with the offspring of celebrities, commented on the massive shift that has occurred in celebrity culture in the last 20 years in an interview with The Hairpin.

St Pat’s, Maghera (Derry) 1-12 Omagh CBS (Tyrone) 1-08

An Englishman jailed here for his role in one of the country’s largest ever drugs haul has been re-arrested in Spain after escaping from a British jail.

Longford man Sean Hagan has been announced as the new manager of the Leitrim senior footballers, following a special meeting of the County Committee last night.

A rapidly accelerating car driven by a young man screeched across a pavement and straight into a crowd enjoying one of Southern California’s most popular boardwalks, killing one person, injuring 11 and leaving the promenade in chaos as he sped out of sight.

Jamie Hagan pauses for more than five seconds, considering his answer to the question: ‘Was Michael Bent’s arrival a kick in the teeth?’

RABODIRECT PRO12

With news of Jamie Hagan’s departure to London Irish, Leinster have reaffirmed their confidence in hooker Michael Bent on foot of a glowing report from forwards coach Jonno Gibbes.

Leinster tighthead prop Jamie Hagan will make his exit from the province at the end of the season after agreeing a three year deal with London Irish.

Joe Schmidt has made eight personnel changes from the starting XV that lost to Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium last weekend for Friday's RaboDirect PRO12 derby meeting against Ulster at Ravenhill (7.05pm).

Leinster ‘A’ 12 Munster ‘A’ 18

Ospreys 19 Leinster 10

Connacht 34 Leinster 6

Leinster 45 Newport G’went Dragons

Ian Madigan laid down a notable marker as Leinster kicked off their season with an impressive victory in the unfamiliar surroundings of Tallaght Stadium on Saturday evening.

Conor Grogan’s 90th minute point secured a sensational victory for Tyrone in this Lory Meagher thriller at Croke Park on Saturday.

Leinster props Jamie Hagan and Nathan White are both expected to be fit for Saturday’s meeting with rivals Munster after the pair picked up knocks in last weekend’s defeat to the Ospreys.

This was supposed to be about the return of Brian O’Driscoll and Leo Cullen from injury.

Brendan Macken was the star of the show at Anglesea Road yesterday with a hat-trick as Leinster A, on World Cup-winning All Black Brad Thorn’s debut, comfortably dispatched Connacht A.

FEW would have foreseen a scenario whereby Leinster — and Munster — would be hoping to emulate Brive when the Heineken Cup started last November but such is the rather strange way of things as the pool stages fade into memory.

Leinster 42 Ulster 13

COLIN McENTEE’S Leinster A couldn’t add the scalp of London Welsh to those of Esher, Melrose and Llanelli at Donnybrook yesterday but a draw was enough to secure a home quarter-final in the British & Irish Cup.

MUNSTER are not a great team.

LEINSTER scored an emphatic away victory over Ulster in the ‘A’ Interprovincial at Donnybrook.

THE loss of Ireland international Kevin McLaughlin and openside Dominic Ryan to ankle injuries leaves Joe Schmidt without 23 first choice players for Saturday’s trip to The Scarlets in the PRO12 League.

THIS was more like it.

Luke Fitzgerald hasn’t recovered from the knee injury sustained last weekend against the Ospreys in time to make Leinster’s match day 23 for their home encounter with the Dragons tomorrow night (KO 7.35pm).

THE problem with dress rehearsals is that people continually fluff their lines. That’s one reason why pre-season friendlies have to be treated with a certain amount of scepticism, especially when coaches make so many changes that at one stage last night, substituted players were coming back onto the field to replace substitutes.