Surfers yesterday described Donald Trump’s €10m rock barrier plan to protect his golf resort at Doonbeg as “heavy-handed”.

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Donald Trump’s €10m plan to build a coastal rock barrier to protect his links resort at Doonbeg has been described as “a gift to the community”.

Bantry Bay will ring with the sounds of traditional music as the acclaimed Masters of Tradition series runs for the next four days in the town, having opened last night.

Former Liverpool FC director of football Damien Comolli believes he was sacked by the club because he sanctioned the signing of Jordan Henderson.

In one of the first cases of its kind in Limerick, a notorious rapist who attacked a teenage French student the day before she went home was yesterday given a suspended jail sentence for failing to notify gardaí that he had moved address in the city.

You are granted a certain amount of respect after your side has been knocked out of a major tournament. Other journalists nod awkwardly at you in the mixed zone, almost as if there has been a bereavement.

Andre Villas-Boas insists he is the right man to lead Tottenham up the table despite yesterday’s humiliating defeat to Liverpool.

Tottenham 0 Liverpool 5

The murders of a mother, her two young children and a family friend, in a house in Newcastle West, Co Limerick, on Nov 15, 2010, was described by a coroner as “mindless, mind-numbing, inexplicable, vicious” crime which shocked the nation.

The head of the National Education Welfare Board says the organisation had no choice but to dismiss a senior employee.

John Geary left his rented house on the morning of Nov 15, 2010, with one intention — to murder Sarah Hines.

Matthew McGrath won a silver medal at the London Olympics in 1908. In 1910, he shot a man in his home five times, recalls Ryle Dwyer

FOR fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes, every Masters of Tradition festival in Bantry, West Cork, is special, so how to celebrate its 10th anniversary?

Jonathan deBurca Butler compiles 10 things you never knew about the Olympics, from medals for art and ‘gold’ that was silver

A Limerick rugby fan who died in Stade de France shortly before Saturday night’s abandoned match between Ireland and France had taken his wife to Paris for an early St Valentine’s Day celebration.

ANGLO Irish Bank has secured judgment orders totalling more than €20 million arising from loans and guarantees of the liabilities of two property companies whose proposed schemes included a “tax-driven” hotel and park-and-ride project at the Cliffs of Moher.

Liverpool 1 Sunderland 1

LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish is confident new signing Charlie Adam can have the same impact at the club as he did at Blackpool.

Liverpool defender John Flanagan has signed a new long-term contract at Anfield.

Midfielder Charlie Adam is set to complete his long-awaited move from Blackpool to Liverpool later today.

Liverpool have finalised changes to their academy set-up which they hope will improve the flow of players into the first team squad.

IF Harry Redknapp was looking for inspiration to mastermind Tottenham’s fifth place finish, and to secure a Europa League spot, then he found it here.

LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish chose not to publicly criticise referee Howard Webb after his side’s 2-0 defeat at Anfield but claimed officials “get away scot-free” by not having to explain their decisions.

Liverpool 0 Tottenham 2

THE question of whether Anfield should be the subject of naming rights has recently cropped up so here is a suggestion: rebrand the stadium as the ‘Stanley Park Medical Centre’.

Liverpool 3 Newcastle 0

Liverpool defender Fabio Aurelio remains hopeful of making his comeback from injury before the end of the season.

Liverpool 5 Birmingham 0

Late checks will be made on the fitness of Jamie Carragher and Andy Carroll ahead of the visit of Birmingham to Anfield tomorrow.

JAMIE CARRAGHER believes the future is bright for Liverpool as they look to close down Tottenham in the hunt for European qualification.

Jamie Carragher believes the future is bright for Liverpool as they look to close down Tottenham in the hunt for European qualification.

Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool remain the “best club in English football, if not world football” despite pushing great rivals Manchester United a step closer to a record 19 domestic championship titles after snatching a dramatic draw with the last kick of yesterday’s Barclays Premier League game at Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger has challenged his battle-weary Arsenal squad to “give everything until the last game of the season” as they look to shake off another morale-sapping disappointment following a dramatic finale to yesterday’s Barclays Premier League clash against Liverpool which ended 1-1 at Emirates Stadium.

ARSENAL have pressed the self-destruct button so hard and so many times this season that finally — like an over-used letter on a typewriter — it now appears permanently depressed, a symbol of a once high-tech piece of apparatus that is no longer fit for purpose.

Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1

JOY for Kenny Dalglish and Andy Carroll; utter despair for Roberto Mancini and Carlos Tevez.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish handed a first-team debut to 18-year-old defender John Flanagan for Manchester City’s visit to Anfield.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has been left out of the squad for tomorrow’s Europa League last-16 first leg against Braga in Portugal but record signing Andy Carroll is set for his European debut.

MIDLANDS development firm John Flanagan saw pre-tax losses reduce from almost €2 million to €1.4m in the year to the March 31, 2010.

LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish insists he does not have to manage the expectations of youngsters like Raheem Sterling as they have every right to enjoy first-team exposure.

Liverpool youth team prodigy Raheem Sterling could become the club’s youngest first-team player against Sparta Prague in the Europa League tomorrow.