Conor Cox gave another ruthless display as Roscommon avoided any potential shock against Leitrim at Dr Hyde Park.

One of two boys accused of Anastasia Kriegel’s murder claimed that he "hadn’t a clue what happened to her", when asked to make a statement after he and the other boy had disagreed about what happened in front of gardaí.

Not exactly get out of jail but Waterford gave Galway the slip thanks to a slack second-half from the Tribesmen in Nowlan Park.

This was a convincing and routine win for Galway as they easily bettered Dublin to claim both the league points on offer at Pearse Stadium.

Such hostility is predictable when you remember that just 19 women have sat at the Cabinet table, the top table in Irish politics, writes Daniel McConnell.

A culture of sexism and misogyny in Irish politics in decades past is laid bare in a book about the role of female politicians.

Grandparents and their families have joined forces in appealing for a yes vote in the referendum on the Eighth Amendment, rejecting suggestions that senior citizens will vote against repeal on May 25.

Shane Lowry plans to move his family to the US next year as he attempts to halt his worrying slide down the world rankings after two frustrating years on the PGA Tour.

More than 3,200 victims of crime contacted a dedicated helpline in search of advice and support or to express concern over their ongoing safety last year.

Sports psychologist Gerry Hussey, who worked with Ireland’s boxing team at the Olympic Games, has said that the athletes face very tough times ahead.

A Kerry man who twice raped a 73-year-old woman after breaking into her home and leaving her “waiting for death” has been jailed for 13 years.

The rape victim’s impact statement detailed how she had always preferred her own company and she had no words to describe the impact the rape had on her life.

A Kerry man who twice raped a 73-year-old woman after breaking into her home and leaving her “waiting for death” has been jailed for 13 years.

“I can’t stop screaming inside. My heart is bleeding with shock....I feel ripped open stood naked to the core of my being, reduced to nothing. I feel so hollowed out.” Those were the words of a 74-year-old woman raped by a 24-year-old man “who could be my grandson” in September 2014.

A Kerry man who twice raped a 74-year-old woman after breaking into her home left “the victim sobbing uncontrollably like a small child, broken, terrorised and waiting for death”.

A man accused of carrying out a serious assault on a housemate with an iron bar in Cork City was remanded in custody to the Central Mental Hospital for a fortnight yesterday.

Roscommon 3-14 Galway 3-11: The new president of the Connacht Council, Mick Rock, hit the nail on the head when he said that if there was any truth in recent reports about Gaelic football being dead, it was appropriate the resurrection should take place over the Easter weekend.

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A 22-year-old man has appeared before a special sitting of Killorglin District Court charged in relation to a sexual assault on a 73-year-old woman.

St Brigid’s 3-12 St Faithleach’s 0-7

Another old railway line is to get a new lease of life as a walking and cycling route. The first, 1.5km phase of the Tralee-Fenit Amenity Trail has been officially opened by Alan Kelly, the minister of state for transport, tourism, and sport.

As a showdown edges closer between Rehab’s former bosses and the Dáil’s spending watchdog, the charity has revealed fees paid for lobbying and trips, but questions still remain unanswered.

The refusal of ex-Rehab CEOs Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery to explain themselves — and a series of financial deals — in public will again come under the microscope during an emergency Dáil Public Accounts Committee meeting today, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

The Fine Gael mayor of Tralee, who claimed he was discriminated against because of a gender quota directive from the party in the selection of candidates for the local elections, yesterday announced his resignation from the party.

A Kerry politician claims he is the victim of “discrimination” after he was dropped as a candidate for next year’s local elections.

In this feature from our archives Irish journalist, John Breslin, charts the rise and fall of the infamous Boston crime lord, Whitey Bulger, who was found dead in his prison cell earlier today.

Ballina (Tipperary) 3-19 St Brendan’s Ardfert (Kerry) 0-15

Lixnaw 1-10 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

2010 Texas rose Adrienne Hussey tragically passed away after suffering a brain aneurysm less than 18 months after charming audiences at the Rose of Tralee.

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was a murderer and violent criminal but it was the long-accepted fact he was an FBI informant that he was most concerned with denying, writes Michael Clifford

The star witness at the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger, the reputed gangster’s former partner, tried to counter the defence’s claims that he’s a paedophile by lobbing the same accusation back at Bulger.

The Boston Marathon blasts have revived painful memories of the 1998 Omagh bomb in the North, a Stormont Assembly member said.

FIANNA FÁIL TD Timmy Dooley has criticised Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore for refusing to attend a male-only dinner during his St Patrick’s Day trip to America.

A computer-based system which can help to identify those at risk of suicide has been developed by researchers at NUI Maynooth.

An employment appeals tribunal that ruled in favour of allowing some witnesses give evidence in camera in a case involving SouthDoc has rejected an attempt by the Irish Examiner to reverse that ruling.

A GP co-op that recently claimed to be “on its knees” is facing another budget cut of up to 10% in 2013.

Australia secured their place in the Super Eight stage of the World Twenty20 with a 17-run Duckworth/Lewis victory over West Indies after rain curtailed play in Colombo.

A dramatic injury-time goal by Cian Hussey sent Kerry into the last four of the All-Ireland MBHC and eliminated holders Meath at Páirc Tailteann, Navan.