Free wifi is being considered for one of West Cork’s largest towns as part of a new retail and town supports programme.

Free WiFi is being considered for one of West Cork's largest towns as part of a new retail and town supports programme.

Mayo GAA club delegates rubberstamped James Horan’s return as manager of the county’s senior football team last night.

An insipid Dublin SFC final was decided by the simple fact St Vincent’s weren’t as poor as their opponents.

Three of the eight finalists shortlisted for the inaugural BIM Seafood Retail Business Award 2018 are from Co Cork. 

A former heroin addict jailed for life for the murder of his friend during an argument over drugs has has his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeal.

St Vincent’s 0-12 Ballymun Kickhams 0-11: A 57th minute point from Albert Martin proved decisive as St Vincent’s narrowly defeated Ballymun Kickhams in their absorbing Dublin SFC semi-final at Parnell Park last night.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Irishman accused of torturing his roommate’s cat, after it emerged he left the US and returned home writes John Breslin.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Irishman accused of torturing his roommate’s cat, after it emerged he left the US and returned home.

The stadium floodlights of Croke Park will today be dimmed and 14 flames will light up Hill 16 as the GAA marks the 95th anniversary of the events of Bloody Sunday, which happened during the War of Independence.

Hearings on the possibility of legislating to allow for terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormality are expected to be held by a cross-party committee during the summer.

Ashes in the Wind

Unique footage has emerged of a historic march undertaken by the Irish Army in Co Cork almost 60 years ago.

Pre-championship favourites Ballymun Kickhams got their Dublin SFC campaign off to a winning start as they recorded a comfortable victory over Naomh Olaf at Parnell Park last night.

The Government has been accused of violating the basic human rights of a woman forced to travel to England for an abortion by subjecting her to severe mental suffering.

Boss Paul Curran insists Dublin SFC holders Ballymun Kickhams haven’t handed vital momentum to St Vincent’s ahead of tonight’s county SFC final replay.

A drugs squad Garda has been spared a criminal conviction for trespassing at a house in Dublin after he had an argument with a woman.

Abortion is expected to be back in the spotlight in the coming months, when the Un will hear a case on behalf of women carrying babies with no chance of survival outside the womb.

Coverage of the separate trials of Catherine O’Connor and Ciprian Grozavu was problematic as a result of an application at Grozavu’s trial to report nothing at all in case it would prejudice the trial of O’Connor.

Hollymount-Carramore clubman Darren Coen has forced his way into the Mayo team for their Connacht SFC quarter-final showdown with Galway on Sunday afternoon.

St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

St Brigids (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Final

Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 1-10 Dr Crokes (Kerry) 0-9

Value remains the dominant issue for Irish food and drink consumers, according to an industry survey unveiled at Bord Bia’s fourth annual Food Service Seminar.

Oulart-The Ballagh (Wexford) 1-13 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-12

Ballymun Kickhams 1-12 Kilmacud Crokes 0-14

Ballymun Kickhams will aim to end a barren spell of 27 years when they face Kilmacud Crokes in the Dublin SFC final at Parnell Park this evening (7.45pm).

A senator has rejected claims that he suggested four women had a wider agenda as they told of their experiences of travelling for abortion due to fatal foetal abnormalities.

Independent Senator Rónán Mullen has described as "inaccurate and misleading" reports on his recent conversation with a group of women who spoke to Oireachtas members on their experiences of travelling for abortion due to fatal foetal abnormalities.

A REVIVAL of the sugar sector could sustain up to 5,000 jobs, according to a feasibility study produced by an expert industry group and verified by PWC.

KILDALKEY claimed their third successive Meath SHC title with a decisive double scores victory over Navan O’Mahonys in a disappointing final at Pairc Tailteann.

Tipperary side Kildangan secured their first Copper Face Jacks Kilmacud Crokes Senior Sevens title thanks to an extra-time victory over the host club in yesterday's decider.

Jason Doherty, one of Mayo's most impressive performers during the recent Allianz Football League, will make his first Championship start in the county's Connacht SFC opener against London.

ULTIMATELY they went down anyway — but not without a fight.

MONAGHAN 1-18 MAYO 2-13

YOU know that a team is being utterly humiliated when the opposition manager starts taking off many of his best performers with ten minutes remaining.

THE skies over Cork will be lit up by a spectacular laser show this week to honour the father of vocational education in Ireland.

AT present I am researching the events of Bloody Sunday at Croke Park in Dublin in 1920.

THE Irish Dairy Board (IDB) will consider marketing collaborations with a number of overseas representative dairy bodies at private meetings scheduled during next month’s global milk conference in New Zealand, says its chief executive Kevin Lane.

IRISH co-ops do not have the money to expand the country’s milk processing capacity in line with the Government’s stated mid-term target of a 50% productivity increase, according to the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd (ICOS).

THERE are extensions and conversions that follow the line of a given house, blending the architecture of the old to the new in a seamless join.

BRADY Green turned up at television studios from coast to coast in search of Tyra Banks and said he and the supermodel “had a thing together”.