A child’s body lay concealed by a green blanket on a roadside.

Gardaí carefully placed a green-coloured blanket over the toddler, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

An Irish film based on a story by a West Cork-born writer about young male suicide in modern Ireland, is broadcast on RTÉ tonight.

I was greatly saddened to see the closure of Cork Synagogue.

A new direct payment scheme for people with disabilities could save the State upwards of €100m, according to campaigners looking to empower those with disabilities and give them more independence and control over their lives.

Limerick man Jonathan Ryan had decided to tackle the trimming of a tree that was getting out of control.

Were you awake to see the lightning storm this morning? One photographer in Tipperary was.

They may have finished the game with 13 men but Kerry still produced a controlled performance to arrest their recent run of underage defeats to Tipperary in last night’s Cadbury’s Munster U21FC quarter-final in Semple Stadium.

New Galway manager Alan Mulholland has selected his team for Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 2 encounter with Derry at Celtic Park (throw-in 2.30pm).

Cork boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for next Sunday’s McGrath Cup final against Tipperary in Clonmel from the side that overturned CIT in last weekend’s semi-final.

FOUR goals from full-forward Danny Kirby propelled Mayo into the FBD League home final as they easily beat the students of GMIT in Ballinrobe yesterday.

ACE forward Barry Grogan helped himself to 3-3 at the Clonmel Sportsfield yesterday as Tipperary demolished Waterford IT by 22 points to book their place in the semi-finals of the McGrath Cup.

The Special Criminal Court in Dublin has reserved judgment in the trial of two Limerick men accused of breaking into a house in the city to extort money.

FORMER Galway inter-county sharpshooter, Derek Savage, rolled back the years and fired Cortoon Shamrocks into the second round of the Galway SFC.

Galway completed their Connacht FBD League campaign with a facile 1-20 to 0-7 victory over IT Sligo in Tuam, while Mayo defeated provincial champions Roscommon in the day's other big game.

NUI Galway and Roscommon produced deserved wins in the opening round of the Connacht FBD League this afternoon.

CORK minor football boss Brian Cuthbert takes his side into championship action for the first time tonight when they face Clare in the Munster MFC quarter-final in Cusack Park at 6.30pm after experiencing mixed news on the injury front.

SLIGO, the only Connacht county never to win the U21 provincial title, advanced to a final showdown against Roscommon when they deservedly defeated a Galway side who won the All-Ireland minor title three years ago.

Galway 2-10 Westmeath 0-11

GALWAY 2-15 ROSCOMMON 1-14, (after extra-time)

FBD Connacht League, Ballinasloe 10/1/2009 Galway vs Leitrim Galway's Cormac Bane tackled by James Glancy and declan Maxwell of Leitrim Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan