Kellie Maloney has accused Tyson Fury of "degrading" the world heavyweight title with his behaviour since becoming champion.

A jury will today retire to consider their verdicts in the “love triangle” stun-gun murder trial of a wealthy businesswoman.

AIB All-Ireland Club JFC final: Brosna (Kerry) 0-8 John Mitchels (Lancashire): Jimmy Keane raced up the steps of the Hogan Stand to join his son Cillian.

Women workers struggled to cope last month with money woes, family problems, and work-related anxiety, helpline calls reveal.

A paedophile who used his children’s home business in Wales as “a front” has been jailed for life.

Minister Simon Coveney has said there is no chance of Irish Water disappearing off anywhere, a statement that shows the arrogance of the blueshirt brigade.

Turf cutters’ champion Michael Fitzmaurice swept to victory in Roscommon-South Leitrim, dealing a body blow to Fianna Fáil.

WILL the Ming Dynasty continue to rule in Roscommon, and if so, is the by-election to be remembered as Micheál Martin’s last stand — the beginning of the end for his leadership?

I spotted former taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the launch of the book on the late Brian Lenihan in Dublin during the week.

Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan has said he is not able to make any further comment in relation to an incident in Roscommon last week in which he elbowed a protestor in the ribs.

A scuffle during by-election campaigning has led to an allegation of an assault by Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan being made to gardaí.

Former Tottenham captain Ledley King has been given a part-time coaching role with the club’s Under-18 team.

Rory McIlroy was savouring yet another major masterclass today – and just loving the fact that he had proved some people wrong about him.

Only a month after people were asking what had gone wrong, Rory McIlroy on Sunday night proved everything is all right by storming to his second major - and at a younger age than Tiger Woods managed it.

Meath’s 1949 All-Ireland-winning senior captain Brian Smyth this week enjoyed a nostalgic return to Croke Park accompanied by his fellow Skryne clubmen, including Liam Hayes and Trevor Giles, who all hold All-Ireland medals with the Royal County.

COLD-CASE gardaí have offered a substantial reward to anyone with information about a “most wanted” criminal they believe faked his own death after the murder of a young arts student six years ago.

Investigators are offering a “substantial” reward for help to track down an Irishman who faked his own death after the murder of a young art student.

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THE HSE is investigating how highly sensitive patient records from the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar were found dumped in a public bin on the grounds of Roscommon Hospital — almost 80 kilometres away.

Health chiefs have today launched an investigation into claims confidential patient medical records were found dumped in a bin.

Hundreds are expected to gather outside Roscommon County Hospital this evening to protest against the planned closure of the hospital's 24-hour emergency facility.

AS 1,000 people marched over the closure of Roscommon Hospital’s emergency department (ED), it emerged one doctor is on the verge of legal action against the health minister over figures presented to illustrate the need to shut the facility.

MEATH county board chairman Barney Allen gave a strong endorsement to manager Seamus McEnaney despite the looming possibility of relegation to Allianz FL Division 3.

PENSIONER Josie Graham’s dying wishes have been undone after his remains were dug up in a mysterious exhumation and reburied in another cemetery nearby.

THE Roscommon Hospital Action Committee, which last August rallied up to 10,000 people to support its cause, has selected its chairperson John McDermott to run in the election.

WITH two European titles, one Irish title and several reputations on the line, tonight’s mammoth nine-bout televised Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium is overflowing with promise.

Further suspects are set to be questioned by detectives investigating serial sex abuse allegations in a rural village in Northern Ireland, it emerged today.

THE international police agency, Interpol, has issued an alert for an Irishman suspected of murdering a student on the Clare-Galway border over five years ago.

Donal Lenihan reflects on his five most memorable action moments at Ireland's temporary home.

IN AN era of flagging midfield dynamism the retirement of Darragh Ó Sé has stripped Gaelic football of a priceless commodity and tradition.

MORE than 700 gardaí have retired from the force this year and the number could swell further before the budget next month.

GARDA Commissioner Fachtna Murphy has announced a series of appointments at senior Garda management level.

TYSON FURY may be the new English heavyweight champion but he left nobody in any doubt about his Irish roots when he made his Dublin debut at the O2 on Saturday night.

FRANK MALONEY has launched a new attack on the British Boxing Board of Control as the fallout from John McDermott’s controversial English heavyweight title defeat by Tyson Fury continues.

Manchester-based boxer Tyson Fury will make his Irish debut at the O2 in Dublin on Saturday week on the undercard of the Bernard Dunne title fight.

An inquest into the death of Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Darren Sutherland was opened and adjourned today.

FRANK MALONEY has vowed to return to boxing as soon as possible after being hospitalised after discovering Darren Sutherland’s body following the Irishman’s death on Monday.

Boxing promoter Frank Maloney has vowed to return to the sport as soon as possible after undergoing an operation at King’s College Hospital in London yesterday following a heart attack.

ARE the payments made by the State to many thousands of now unemployed house buyers, in order to finance the interest element of their loan repayments, sustainable in the long term and, if not, will these homes be repossessed by the banks in due course?

TEN years ago Sean Boylan pitched a 19-year-old Nigel Crawford straight into the midfield battle for a Leinster Senior Football Championship opener against Wicklow.

THE gardaí are haemorrhaging key staff, with many senior officers quitting the force to avoid being hit with a threatened tax on retirement lump sums as well as the pension levy.

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs paid tribute to Alex Ferguson after being named Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year last night.

RYAN GIGGS has been named Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year, the first time he has won the award in his glittering career.