It may be slightly thin on top-level Irish talent, but the 66th edition of the Cork City Sports is once again loaded with such a rich of cast of world-class athletes that few will even notice.

The sentencing of sports journalist Tom Humphries for the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child has been adjourned to October.

Specially trained gardaí are to help interview four young children rushed to hospital following an attack at their home over the weekend.

Garda outlines horrific scene at site of Grangegorman murders

The woman whose heartfelt letter of discontent about the government went viral has explained why she will not be paying her water charges.

Tipperary 1-16 Clare 1-15

Clare 2-13 Wicklow 1-8

THE All-Ireland champagne stays on ice, but the Chill bubbly can begin to flow.

St Thomas 2-19 Castlegar 0-21

Kevin Barry’s book combines everything from Portugese architecture to Traveller cant, he tells Richard Fitzpatrick

GARDAÍ in Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, were last night still trying to track down a ‘hefty blonde lady’ culprit despite an appeal by radio DJ Ray D’Arcy.

GARDAÍ in Co Limerick are looking for a suspected thief they officially describe as “a hefty blonde lady”.

BREAKING life-changing news to parents that their child has a disability is no easy task, but giving the worst-case scenario is no longer considered the best way to go about it.

YOUR editorial (April 28) began well, but quickly deteriorated into the usual inaccurate and criminalising caricature of the protest by people against Shell in Co Mayo.

ANTI-PIPELINE protesters in Mayo have vowed to continue with their campaign of opposition to Shell’s Corrib gas line development despite “extreme pressure from the state”.

Two leading Corrib gas activists were today jailed for four months after participating in demonstrations against energy giant Shell’s controversial project.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a man in Tallaght on Monday night have recovered the murder weapons.

A former bus driver has admitted that a 62-year-old mother died of multiple injuries as a result of a collision involving her car and a bus he took without authority on a rampage through west Dublin two years ago.

PRESENTATION Brothers, Cork were ultimately comfortable winners over Ard Scoil Rís at Musgrave Park, Cork yesterday — but not before they were made to dig deep by a team who won their place in the last eight through the back door system.

A Tallaght man who killed a teenage schoolgirl while speeding on his uninsured motorbike has been jailed for three years by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE taxi driver who was caught up in the gangland killing of criminal John Daly outside his home yesterday was lucky to have escaped with his life, said gardaí.

A 17-YEAR-OLD Romanian who damaged two cars in a hit and run while driving without a licence or insurance has been fined €1,000 and banned from driving for a year.

A LEADING figure in the greyhound industry says he has uncovered a huge trade in stolen pet dogs in Limerick.

A MAN who repeatedly slapped his 13-year-old daughter after she left her melting ice cream on his computer has been ordered to reappear in court in early June.

UCD moved back to the top of the eircom First Division with a 2-1 victory over Sligo Rovers over the weekend while Kildare County stayed in promotion contention with a win over Kilkenny City, and Limerick claimed their second League win of the season against Cobh Ramblers.

A MAN who went missing from his hospital bed was found four hours later, badly burned, under the hot pipes in a service room of the building.

MARTIN CULLEN wasn’t the only politician incurring a costly bill with the parking of electronic voting.

JUDGE William Harnett's has been lambasted by health workers and politicians for his claim that people with HIV and those who die of AIDS all started out taking cannabis resin.

Student Brian Murphy received a "flying kick" from a youth in a beige top who then told his friends "this is great craic", a witness has told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE husband of Olympic swimmer, Michelle de Bruin, yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing chicken breasts, vitamins and cod liver oil tablets at his local Dunnes Stores supermarket.

The British ambassador in Ireland, Sir Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt had been disclosed to the defence.

The British ambassador in Ireland, Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court today that he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt, had been disclosed to the defence.

The Special Criminal Court has warned that the trial of Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA, was in jeopardy because information on the key US witness had not been furnished to the defence.