A senior Garda refused to grant an Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor a permit for house-to-house and street collections in Dublin because she believed the money would be used for illegal acts, a court has heard.

Next Sunday at Skibbereen, Michael Toal returns from retirement to play Christy Mullins in the feature score of a benefit weekend for CoAction.

Christy Mullins and James O’Donovan won the two feature scores at the Dingle Cliff and Coastal Rescue benefit on the Ballydavid Road near Dingle.

David Hubbard scored the line in 15 great bowls at Ballinacurra where he beat Paul Buckley by almost a bowl.

The Irish Medical Organisation has warned that the health service will collapse “from the inside” and patients will suffer because of a shortage of consultants.

Junior doctors warn they will up the stakes and strike for two days as the war of words between the HSE and the Irish Medical Organisation over working hours continues.

Junior doctors have claimed strong public support for their strike over working hours.

Junior doctors have warned that tomorrow’s one-day strike at 51 hospitals may not be the last.

Of the many clichés written about the O’Shea brothers, there’s one that rings true; their winning mentality, writes Terry Reilly

Junior doctors are set to stage an all-out national strike on Sept 25 and repeat the move in targeted hospitals every week afterwards until their “dangerous” working conditions are resolved.

Junior doctors could embark on all out strike action if the Government does not reduce their working hours.

Non-consultant hospital doctors have begun a national campaign that could include taking industrial action to force a reduction in their “dangerously long” working hours.

The Irish Medical Organisation is calling on the HSE to immediately begin work on an action plan to reduce the working hours of junior doctors.

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ENDA KENNY has a recurring theme about bringing politics back to the people.

Substitute Paul Casey struck a last minute equaliser to give Dublin the draw which guaranteed their top flight status at Tuam Stadium.

Michael Donnellan plays, but John Donnellan has been left out of the Galway team to play Roscommon in Sunday's Connacht Football Semi-Final at Tuam Stadium.