RIVAL managers Billy Davies and Simon Grayson unsurprisingly had different views on the incident involving Nottingham Forest’s Chris Gunter and Leeds’ Sanchez Watt in the 1-1 draw at The City Ground yesterday.

DESPITE growth of almost 14% to €72 billion last year, Irish pension funds are still 16% below their 2007 peak of close to €87bn.

A YOUNG Clareman, John McGovern, yesterday began a six-year jail sentence for the manslaughter of Michael Doherty who, at 14 years of age, was little more than a child when he was stabbed to death outside a chip shop on a June evening in 2007.

A garda’s son has been sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of a 14-year-old Traveller boy in Ennis almost two years ago. He was found guilty of the crime while being cleared of murder during a trial in February.

As the Garda launches its knife awareness campaign, recent court cases offer a brief glimpse into the growing knife culture and underline the need to tackle it, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A homeless man appeared in court today charged with murdering a pensioner who was mugged in a city centre attack.

Bobby Robson and Trevor Brooking will head the list of football luminaries expected to attend the Brian Clough memorial service.

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Bolton manager Sam Allardyce believes one of the late Brian Clough’s major achievements in the game will never be repeated.

Digital Communications Management (DCM) today announced it has installed and commissioned a major new telephony solution for Mayo County Council.

Ulster Unionists seeking to oust a Sinn Fein MP over alleged polling station intimidation were today hearing if they have won their legal fight.

The Ulster Unionist Party has accused Sinn Fein of intimidating electoral officers to ensure that Michelle Gildernew won the Fermanagh and south Tyrone seat in the last general election.