Michael Ryan may have produced the tactical masterstroke of the season when he shifted Ronan Maher into Tipperary’s midfield.

To celebrate the newest Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, Graham Norton hosted a very Star Wars themed line-up this week.

With excitement rising for the latest Star Wars instalment, Laura Harding meets members of the cast, and finds them keen to pay tribute to the late Carrie Fisher.

There were cheers, gasps, droid photo opportunities, casino games and more than a few standing ovations at the jam-packed world premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Los Angeles, which many are already praising online.

Jackie Cahill looks at five ways in which Michael Ryan’s Tipperary are emulating Brian Cody’s Cats.

Hollywood superstar Harrison Ford has led tributes to Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60.

First Dates star Daphney Sanasie will go on trial in January accused of harassing celebrity chef Dylan McGrath.

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has paid tribute to original Lois Lane actress Noel Neill, who has died at the age of 95.

Ultra-experienced Meath attacker Steven Clynch decided a quite incredible Christy Ring Cup final replay with a 93rd minute winning point to seal a first ever title for the Royal County.

Star Wars star Mark Hamill endeared himself to the country with his love of all things Irish while filming here.

They arrived fashionably late but, once there, Star Wars actors Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley partied into the night at Foxy John’s in Dingle.

The force may be strong with (Sky) Walkers, but Luke closely at the above picture and you will see that Mark Hamill (and possibly his pooch) has a weakness for Tayto.

This photo is just perfect.

Noted-Tayto lover and Star Wars hero Mark Hamill has just bid our little country adieu with a brilliant tweet and photo.

The posters say it best: “Episode VIII: A long time ago on a headland far, far away...”

It has been the teenager's dream to meet Mark Hamill and on Monday, it finally happened.

Mark Hamill makes Derry cancer survivor’s dream come true

A schoolboy stayed up way past his bed-time — waiting nine hours — to meet his hero Luke Skywalker.

UPDATE: Check out this exclusive footage of Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and the rest of the Star Wars cast arriving into Cork Airport today from where they will head to Brow Head in West Cork to continue filming on the latest installment of the hit franchise. 

A 15-year-old boy has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a young Dublin man who died following a fatal Halloween stabbing last year.

Care workers could be accused of assault if they tried to drag him out, children’s court judge told

Scottish ace David Bogie (Skoda Fabia R5) was expected to win the Longford Arms Hotel Midland Rally and while he did, he hadto fashion a late recovery to oust long time leader and former winner Paddy McVeigh (Subaru WRC).

Sad news for Irish Star Wars fans who were expecting to see Luke Skywalker back in Kerry this year for filming of Episode VIII, as new information suggests that we may have seen the last of the Jedi Knight on our shores for now. 

MARK HAMILL  has revealed that he spent ages dieting to reprise his role as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

A terminally ill Star Wars fan, who was given just a few months to live, has been granted his wish to see the The Force Awakens, the latest film in the franchise, nearly two months before it comes out in theatres.

Star Wars fever has hit with the release of the trailer for the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

He’s battled Sith Lords, destroyed a Death Star, escaped the destruction of another, and restored freedom to a galaxy far, far away… but if the Jedi career ever falls through, Luke Skywalker can always rely on his pint-pulling skills to get by, thanks to the helpful staff of an extremely force-sensitive pub in Co Kerry.

The froth is strong with this one.

Locals of a small bar in Co Kerry got a great surprise yesterday evening as Luke Skywalker himself stopped by to pull a few pints and teach people in ’the ways of the Force’.

Filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII has begun on Skellig Michael with a break in the weather yesterday finally making it possible for the Disney Lucasfilm crew to access the island.

It is the fastest selling item in gift shops in South Kerry, but yesterday the ‘Skellig Wars’ T-shirts were the only evidence the force had returned.

It took a Hollywood blockbuster to do it, but Domhnall Gleeson has officially been lured to the dark side.

A man charged with IRA membership has been granted bail by the Special Criminal Court.

The force is still with the cast of Star Wars.

A man is facing trial after a six-year-old with Down syndrome became separated from his family in the heart of a Dublin shopping district.

Mark Hamill knew he had to say yes when George Lucas told him about plans for a new Star Wars trilogy.

Antrim 1-22 DIT 2-12: Antrim hurlers had a deserved win over DIT in the Bord na Mona Walsh Cup at stormy St Paul’s Park in Belfast yesterday.

Donegal 2-16 Queen’s 1-08: Rory Gallagher posted his first win as Donegal manager as his side comfortably overcame Queen’s University Belfast in miserable conditions in Ballybofey yesterday.

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A judge has stopped the trial of two men and a woman in connection with the sectarian murder of a man by a loyalist mob in the North.

A judge has stopped the trial of three men in connection with the sectarian murder of a man by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland.