Babs Keating has lambasted the current standard of inter-county hurling refereeing, describing Johnny Murphy’s officiating of last Saturday’s Dublin-Wexford game as “the worst I’ve ever seen”.

As the painting by Sean Keating is released as a stamp, Ellie O’Byrne tells the incredible tale behind the classic image from the War of Independence

Inductees will join a dozen Hall of Fame members

Jacqueline Keating who was also a grandmother was the matriarch of her family and has been laughing and joking when first admitted to the Dublin hospital.

Revolutions have many things in common. One is the efforts revolutionaries make, once they have consolidated power, to ensure their version of change becomes the official narrative. This, as often as not, leads to one-dimensional, self-serving history. Writers, painters, film-makers, poets and songwriters — journalists too — all contribute to that process. Most do so with integrity and enthusiasm but not all are examples of scrupulous disinterest.

A bond like no other.

A father-of-three with advanced prostate cancer who is seeking a 12-month extension to the current year-long terminal illness card has called on the HSE to “stop forcing patients on to social media” as they try to claw back medical cards that have been revoked.

The son of the remarkable woman known as Ireland's Oskar Schindler, who is crediting with saving the lives hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi death camps, said it is better to build bridges than walls.

Two journeys come to an end tomorrow evening in Limerick.

This clash saw Limerick progress to the next round of the FAI Cup at the expense of a brave Cobh Wanderers effort.

The Port of Cork is doubling the size of its customs building in Ringaskiddy due to the increasing likelihood of a hard Brexit.

Katie Quirke scored 1-7 as Cork were crowned All-Ireland Minor A champions with victory over Monaghan at Bord na Móna O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

A leading psychologist says co-living developments could, in theory, be good for people's mental health.

How do you measure heartache? Years spent in the doldrums, woeful win-loss ratios, and player unrest or disinterest are all useful, dependable, barometers.

The story of Irish indentured servants sent from here to Barbados and Jamaica from the 1600s onwards is complex and has become an immersive research project for multimedia artist Marianne Keating, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Tom Barron was the hero of the hour as Waterford ended a 13-year wait for a Munster championship win at Fraher Field last night.

The Port of Cork is poised to set up a special "border control" facility to help ease congestion at Dublin and Rosslare should Britain crash out of the EU.

For the second Sunday in a row, Ballygiblin’s Darragh Flynn performed heroics for the Cork minors.

The Port of Cork says it is looking into an incident during which gardai were called to an altercation at a right of way protest at its deepwater quay in Cobh.

As Louis Walsh prepares for the final of Ireland’s Got Talent and another Westlife tour, he talks to Pat Fitzpatrick about plastic surgery, celebrity spats – and why he won’t be having children, ever.

Goalkeeper Aoife Hyland was in outstanding form as Scoil Chríost Rí claimed their first ever Lidl All-Ireland PPS Senior A title with victory over Loreto Clonmel at John Locke Park in Callan.

"They saw the man they loved, cherished and adored lying in our garden covered in blood with garda cars, fire engines, an ambulance and paramedics trying desperately to save their dad's life."

ALL-IRELAND champions Cork survived an extremely stern examination from Tipperary at The Ragg.

A record 103 cruise liners are booked to visit Cork next year, including several which will dock in the port for the first time.

Goals from Ben Cooney and a brace from Bryan McLoughney saw Nenagh CBS secure a resounding 10-point victory over Cork’s Gaelcholaiste Mhuire an Mhainistir Thuaidh in Kilfinane.

A masterplan for a multi-million-euro redevelopment of the old IFI plant at Marino Point in Cobh is expected to be completed by February and lead to its redevelopment as an import/export hub for the Port of Cork.

You can find hurling in the most unexpected places, says Paul Rouse.

Fiona Keating, should results fall in her favour this weekend, won’t be the first dual player to pocket two county senior championship medals in the one year. What’s unique about this 17-year-old is that she’s bidding to achieve double glory in the space of 25 hours.

As Liam Sheedy takes the helm in Tipperary for a second time, Babs Keating, who also served two spells as manager, has warned the second experience can be very different to the first.

Organisations are experiencing ‘gender fatigue’ when it comes to implementing gender diversity in the workplace, a leading HR expert has claimed.

Twenty years ago Ray Silke had the unique distinction of leading both his club and county up the Hogan Stand steps to collect senior All-Ireland titles in Croke Park. Two decades on he is still leading by example — but in a very different capacity

Missy will be appearing in year’s series of the Voice UK.

Michael Ryan admits he is a little scared of life after inter-county management, but insists he wasn’t stung by criticism that comes with operating in the “Tipperary goldfish bowl”.

The Port of Cork has confirmed it has got the backing of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) for the multimillion-euro redevelopment of Tivoli docklands for new houses, offices and shopping centres.

Calls are growing for additional funding to be given to Irish ports to improve connectivity to continental Europe following Brexit.

Waterford 2-13 Tipperary 3-9: Waterford produced a sensational comeback to beat Tipperary in the Munster Minor Hurling Championship at the Gaelic Grounds.

Kerry 7-5 Tipperary 3-9: Kerry U14 ladies football manager John Doona raced over to the main stand at the final whistle and said to the Kingdom supporters, “that’s for ye, that’s for ye”.

It is hard to convey to the uninitiated the enormity of loss experienced by Killarney, Irish basketball and even as loud and wide a city as his adopted home of Las Vegas with the passing of the life-force that was Paudie O’Connor.

Bandon 2-15 Na Piarsaigh 0-15: Last September, Bandon’s first year back at senior level ended with a quarter-final defeat to Na Piarsaigh, with goals proving decisive for the city side.

When I was Clare manager, we played Limerick in the league semi-final in 2006 in Thurles. The game went to extra-time but it nearly seemed that both teams were more concerned with losing the match than winning it, writes Anthony Daly.

As the Frank and Walters revisit their Grand Parade album, they tell Ed Power the fascinating tale of why their best record never had the impact it should have

Sentencing of pop singer Rihanna's former security chief for harassing a garda with threatening text messages has been postponed pending a Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) investigation into his arrest.

Dunboyne 2-13 Kinsale 2-12: A 54th-minute point from midfielder Dee Blayney was the difference at Parnell Park yesterday, when Dunboyne claimed their first-ever LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship title in a dramatic encounter against Kinsale.

Dee Blayney’s 54th-minute point proved the winner as Meath’s Dunboyne captured the All-Ireland intermediate ladies club football championship at Parnell Park today.