I do not agree with Tom Cooper (Letters, Sep 2) in that he immediately describes the proposed church service organised by former Garda Gerry Lovett for those RIC members killed during the War of Independence – as an attempt to legitimise the actions of the Auxiliaries and Black and Tans.

Teagasc is hosting a series of nationwide seminars titled “transferring the family farm”, offering insights on tax incentives and succession issues.

Though they didn’t have it all their own way in the opening half, St Finbarr’s turned in an eye-catching second-half exhibition of point-taking to comfortably see off the challenge of Newmarket at Mallow on Saturday night.

A man has been charged with the murder of Melanie McCarthy in west Dublin a fortnight ago.

THE splendour of their performances in Leinster led many to attach All-Ireland-winning credentials to this Dublin minor football team and in Portlaoise yesterday they offered more persuasive evidence they can this year land the county’s first national crown at this level since 1984.

TIPPERARY brought 16 years of Munster minor football heartache to an end in glorious fashion at Fitzgerald Stadium yesterday.

Cork 1-16 Clare 0-6

LAST season, in Brian Cuthbert’s first competitive game in charge of the Cork minor footballers, they departed Cusack Park with a huge sense of relief after a late scoring spree helped them defeat Clare.

HOW should quality be defined in organic beef? There are two schools of thought.

THE body in charge of school attendance has said it only takes criminal proceedings against parents as a last resort after a mother-of-five was jailed for a month for failing to make her son go to classes.

A former stripper who held onto €2.2m worth of heroin for someone else has been given a four-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

THE retail market for organic food is still growing despite the difficult economic climate, a conference was told in Athlone yesterday.

TODAY the Whyte’s history and literature auction of memorabilia is being held in Dublin. Ian Whyte, the managing director of the auctioneering firm, mentioned that the material had been forgotten after the Civil War.

ORGANIC produce is in demand not just in Ireland but all over Europe.

A driver today appeared before Dublin District Court in connection with a bus crash at Wellington Quay which killed five people.