Tom Cribbin has resigned as Offaly senior football manager after three years in charge.

SIX charges against former Ireland international soccer player Gary Kelly were struck out at Drogheda district court yesterday after the judge was told by the alleged victims they did not want to proceed with their complaints.

FORMER Ireland international soccer player Gary Kelly appeared before Drogheda District Court yesterday to face charges of trespass with intent to commit criminal damage.

TRIBUTES were paid at Nenagh Circuit Court to well known Co Tipperary legal figure, Jim Kelly who died recently.

The body of missing Irishman Shane O’Halloran has been found in the Brisbane River after being seen by a passerby this morning.

The parents for the missing Irishman who fell overboard from a cruise ship into the Brisbane River on Saturday night are believed to be flying to Australia to help in the search for their son.

The missing Irishman who fell into the Brisbane River on Australia’s Queensland coast while on board a cruise ship on Saturday night is Shane O'Halloran from Enniskeane in West Cork.

MICHELLE GILDERNEW has praised farmers’ resilience and initiative in livestock and bloodstock breeding despite economic downturn.

CHILDREN should be able to access a social worker without parental consent as part of a new 24-hour, out-of-hours service, the ISPCC said yesterday.

A Mayo man has been given a three years suspended sentence by Mr Justice Barry White at the Central Criminal Court for sexually assaulting a woman in Longford after both had "made a day of it drinking".

THE NEW England Patriots are showing no mercy to any opponent, not even the Buffalo Bills, a team for which coach Bill Belichick has publicly expressed affection.

A BOSTON travel company has invested €3 million to merge with Cork-based firm MyguideIreland, enabling acquisitions and expansion.

Derry 1-19 Westmeath 3-10

MONEY still grows on trees for Irish farmers.

Longford 1-16 Derry 2-12

China’s sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Burma have aggravated conflicts and abetted violence and repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International said in a report today.

A spectacular television ad for the Ryder Cup will feature the most hi-tech special effects ever used in Ireland.

Time magazine’s 2005 Person of the Year may not be a person after all.

New Derry senior football manager Paddy Crozier has confirmed his panel for the opening months of the 2006 season.

Munster rivals Shannon and Cork Constitution have been pitted together in the first round of the newly-created AIB Cup competition.

After orbiting the Earth for 13 days, astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery have been told to circle the planet once more early today as Nasa delayed their landing because of bad weather in Florida.

After circling the Earth for 13 days, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery powered up their spacecraft early today and awaited word from Mission Control to fire their braking rockets and head for home.

THEY range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

They range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the Blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

AMERICAN president George W Bush has for the second time been chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year, after winning re-election and “reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style” - a reference to his cowboy image.

President George W Bush for the second time was chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year, after winning re-election and “reshaping the rules of politics to fit his 10-gallon-hat leadership style” – a reference to his cowboy image.

BARNARDOS has teamed up with AIB to collect as many new toys and books as possible for 12,000 children this Christmas.

Relatives of patients stranded on trolleys in hospital corridors today begged the Government to give them some dignity.

Limerick are in action for the third consecutive weekend, but are travelling the qualifier route following their Munster final replay defeat to Kerry last Saturday.

Derry have named the same team that defeated Wexford last week for their qualifier with Munster football finalists Limerick at Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon tomorrow.

Johnny Bradley returns to the Derry side to face Wexford in their All-Ireland football qualifier tie at Parnell Park tomorrow.

Cavan boss Eamon Coleman returns to his native county for this all-Ulster qualifer battle with Derry at Celtic Park today.

A 29-year-old man died from respiratory distress caused by head injuries he received from a "mild punch", Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard on the second day of a manslaughter trial.

Barry Gillis and highly rated defender Francie McEldowney will make their championship debuts for Derry against Tyrone in Clones on Sunday.

U2 frontman and peace activist Bono, David Beckham, Oprah Winfrey and JK Rowling are among the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time Magazine.

A European Union conference on the changing roles in the workplace will be held in Dublin Castle tomorrow.

Lingo went to the head of the market for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after winning the feature race at Sandown Park yesterday.

THE American soldier, who bears the duty of “living with and dying for a country’s most fateful decisions,” has been named as Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

Former AllStar Sean Marty Lockhart is back in action for Derry and has been named at corner-back to face Tipperary in Sunday's NFL 2B clash.

DENIS BYRNE may be prepared to declare for Tipperary hurlers following the official sanction by Croke Park of his transfer to Mullinahone — but it’s not an immediate concern of manager Michael Doyle.

New Zealand will send its elite SAS troops to help the US fight against terrorism if necessary.