Abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe has accused the State of trying to renege on its responsibilities to people who were sexually abused as children in schools after it emerged that a Government compensation scheme set up four years ago has paid nothing to survivors.

This past year I’ve gone back to college to study sports science and yesterday morning I had to hand in an assignment.

The 2015 Melbourne Cup was one of the most memorable in the history of “the race that stops a nation”.

Cliodhna Sargent’s penalty corner strike powered Cork Harlequins into the Irish Senior Cup semi-finals as they snatched a late 2-1 win over Muckross.

Pat Ryan won’t be the new Waterford senior hurling manager despite speaking to some of the 2018 panel last week.

John Allen remains the last Cork hurling manager to win the All-Ireland — and the last Limerick manager to win the Munster Championship, yet his achievements and methods have tended to be underestimated.

"The way I act at times like that isn't right but it's just the way I am."

If it’s All-Ireland final memories you’re looking for, Niall Healy has a plentiful supply. Regrets, too. Plenty of them.

Whatever the rest of the country thought of Davy Fitzgerald’s intervention on Sunday, the vast majority of the Wexford following are fully behind their new general. That much was evident by the reaction of their fans in Nowlan Park to the first-half incident.

The Government are deliberately trying to limit compensation to those who were abused as children in primary schools, the Dáil has heard.

All-Star Paul Geaney and Cork veteran Rena Buckley have been recognised as Munster’s best senior footballer and ladies footballer in 2016, while Tipperary’s All-Ireland winning manager Michael Ryan has claimed the manager of the year award.

A group of solicitors from around the country are coming together to win damages against the State, for people sexually abused in Irish primary schools.

Corkman speaks out about State continuing to deny liability in school sex abuse case

Will last Sunday, for hurling, mark Swexit, asks PM O’Sullivan?

This evening’s meeting of the Limerick County Board is expected to mark the start of the search for a replacement for TJ Ryan, with the Garryspillane clubman all but confirming his departure as Limerick senior hurling manager after Saturday night’s qualifier defeat to Clare.

‘Big Week on the Farm’ will have live lambing and other farm features across five nights on RTÉ One this week.

John Allen feared he would be remembered for all the wrong reasons in taking off Brian Corcoran in the 2005 All-Ireland semi-final against Clare.

Heedless/headless hurling

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has insisted that every allegation of clerical abuse must be reported to gardaí.

A former seminary student arrested for allegedly seeking to rape infants and young girls was carrying baby clothes and a bottle in his luggage, plus $2,000 in cash, authorities have said.

Dublin will next season play their first provincial senior football championship game outside Croke Park in 10 years.

Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston is set to finalise his backroom team with the likely addition of Frank Flannery as a coach.

Hurling’s managerial carousel had already picked up considerable pace by the time Kilkenny returned up the steps of the Hogan Stand in early September, several high-profile figures opting off the merry-go-round.

Making an All-Ireland final was a long way down John Kiely’s to-do list when he was appointed Limerick U21 boss last winter.

Two of the men linked with the vacant Cork hurling manager’s post have ruled themselves out of contention to succeed Jimmy Barry-Murphy.

Former Cork hurler Tom Kenny believes the county should implement a succession plan when appointing the man to replace Jimmy Barry-Murphy as manager.

If Jimmy Barry-Murphy didn’t know he was doing something extraordinary, he must surely have realised it when Dónal Óg Cusack lauded his changing of the script after the qualifier win over Clare last Saturday week.

After two days of such turnover and upheaval, John Fogarty looks on those who have left us and those who remain.

Terrorist attacks across three continents last Friday demonstrate the influence of Islamic State and wide reach, as well as the difficulties of countering its use of the internet to galvanise and inspire global violence.

Stephen Walsh feels he has to explain himself. He currently lives in Castletroy but works in Ardpatrick National School, a five-minute drive from his home house in Glenroe; an hour from his current abode.