While most forms of public displays of bigotry are thankfully a thing of the past, it appears from Hughie Hartigan’s contribution (Irish Examiner, Letters, August 19) that anti-Catholic bigotry is very much alive and well.

A student who bit off a large chunk of another student’s ear in a Limerick takeaway and then spat it out at his victim, avoided jail yesterday.

More than one in five children are overweight or obese but there are some encouraging signs of stabilisation, according to data published by the HSE.

Two tourists visiting Cork were mugged by a local man who held a knife to the throat of one of the victims.

GAA clubs need to devise ways to ensure their marquee players, at every age level, are being challenged at training and every effort should be made to encourage them to make further progress.

Pat Hartigan: Played minor for Limerick when he was just 15 years of age. Hartigan was part of the Limerick side of 1973 — the last from the county to claim the All-Ireland title.

A former company director, who filed fraudulent Vat returns over two years, has been ordered to furnish a court with details of his assets, ahead of a sentencing hearing.

Shannon 17 Garryown 29

They don’t look like title contenders, but Garryowen picked up four crucial Ulster Bank League points with this hard-earned win over Dolphin at Dooradoyle on Saturday.

UP to 400 Irish travellers are facing forced evictions from a farm in east London which is part of Britain’s largest Traveller settlement.

The teenage sister of a Limerick man accused of murder was kidnapped hours before the fatal shooting took place, his trial heard.

BRUFF produced a magical 80 minutes and wrote a new chapter in the storied history of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park yesterday, denying tournament specialists Garryowen their 39th triumph with a display that combined brilliance and dogged determination.

SATURDAY’S Munster Senior Cup semi-final at Clifford Park had all the hallmarks of a Super 14 affair - a feast of open running rugby, two willing teams and tries galore - and the sun even shone brightly.

A STUDY to assess public awareness of the warning signs of stroke is being launched by a team of nurse researchers from University College Cork (UCC) to tie in with the biggest national media campaign the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) has ever run.

AUSTRALIAN rugby league is coming to terms with the one of the biggest scandals to ever hit the sport.

DOLPHIN’S dream of All-Ireland Cup glory was shattered at Musgrave Park on Saturday when Garryowen produced their best form of the season to secure a final berth against old rivals Cork Constitution.

GARRYOWEN ended a run of three defeats with victory over an understrength St Mary’s College in Saturday’s AIB All-Ireland Cup at Dooradoyle.

Fresh calls were made today for Taoiseach Brian Cowen to deliver on his commitment to accept Guantanamo detainees cleared for release.

THE pace, skill and opportunism of winger Stephen Kelly and the quality of a pack who used the atrocious conditions to their advantage were crucial factors as Shannon qualified for another AIB League final at Coonagh on Saturday.

IN A TIME of necessity, you do what has to be done to survive.

Almost 60 politicians have backed a worldwide campaign to ban the international trade of arms to rogue regimes or groups, it emerged today.

IRELAND has been highlighted by human rights group Amnesty International for failing to protect vulnerable children and the mentally ill and resisting probes into United States intelligence agencies’ use of Shannon Airport.

A US intelligence chief says waterboarding “would be torture” if used against him or if someone under interrogation was actually taking water into their lungs.

AMNESTY International has accused the Government of failing to meet its human rights obligations.

AMNESTY International said yesterday Irish companies were involved in the supply of deadly weapons to conflicts going on in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Amnesty International today linked Irish companies to the supply of deadly weapons to conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

NOT surprisingly, it’s the hottest mobile number in Limerick.

GARDAÍ were hunting last night for one of two raiders who posed as workmen before attacking an elderly bachelor in his Cork home.

THE human rights of children in Ireland came under fire yesterday in an international report.

Avondale United have won the FAI Intermediate Cup.

JIMMY HARTIGAN is set to become the third full-time GAA secretary in Munster.

Garryowen 18 Cork Constitution 13

Buccaneers 8 Garryowen 6

UL Bohemian 10 Clontarf 3

Clontarf missed out on their 100th AIB League victory as UL Bohemians moved back to the top of the table at Thomond Park.

Former All-Ireland winning midfielder Richie Bennis has been appointed as Limerick senior hurling manager, taking on a two-year term.

LIMERICK have been dealt a blow in advance of Saturday’s All-Ireland senior hurling qualifier against neighbours Clare in Ennis with captain TJ Ryan looking certain to miss the game.

Garryowen 20 Shannon 21

Ireland 30 Scotland 13, Donnybrook

UL Bohemians 18 St Mary's College 14

Garryowen 15 St Mary's College 3