Cork forward Eimear Scally has pleaded with the LGFA to move the date of Cork’s All-Ireland football semi-final so dual players Hannah Looney and Libby Coppinger are not forced to choose one code over the other.

Cork dual players Hannah Looney and Libby Coppinger are facing the prospect of having to choose one code over the other on Saturday, August 18 and, in the process, miss out on an All-Ireland semi-final.

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Cork ladies football manager Ephie Fitzgerald has slammed the treatment of dual star Libby Coppinger, who is facing the possibility of lining out in All-Ireland championship games in two codes on Saturday.

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A man who randomly hit a baby in a supermarket in England has been convicted of assault by beating.

Connacht and Ireland Prop Nathan White has been forced to retire.

‘Home of the Year’ begins a new series on RTÉ One on Thursday, with new judge Deirdre Whelan joining Hugh Wallace, and Declan O’ Donnell.

Former boxing promoter Frank Maloney plans to visit Irish matchmaker Willie Daly next week, but learning to be Kellie Maloney is her priority, says Margaret Jennings.

A protester has interrupted the service to consecrate the Church of England’s first woman bishop.

The Church of England is appointing its first female bishop.

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Why it is that we are so intolerant of the sexual preferences of others, and why are people marginalised for their desires, wonders British historian and author Julie Peakman.

CORK actor Aidan O’Hare’s year is off to a good start with the return of the hit play Love, Peace and Robbery in which he stars. It opens at the Everyman this evening and runs for a week.

Tony McGahan may be opening a new chapter in his rugby life but Munster memories still burn brightly.

FIFTY years ago Mary McCarthy’s novel shed light on http://exa.mn/mv. It shocked readers then, but today it seems almost tame.

Football commentator Tony Gubba has died after a short illness

Charlize Theron is in talks to star in crime thriller 'Dark Places'.

Outgoing Munster director of coaching Tony McGahan will not be coaching Super XV outfit Western Force next season when he returns to his native Australia, the Queenslander has confirmed.

A man left distraught by the loss of his wife, murdered in the infamous Omagh bombing, has died.

In 'Dream House' – the new suspense thriller from Irish director Jim Sheridan – Daniel Craig plays Will Atenton, a successful New York publisher who disavows his high-powered Manhattan lifestyle and relocates along with his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and two daughters (Taylor and Claire Astin Geare) to a picturesque New England hamlet.

Barack Obama honoured a predecessor, Germany’s leader and artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to society that he said spoke to “who we are as a people”.

Ryan Giggs has admitted his life is so boring he enjoys yoga sessions more than a night out with the lads.

She was more likely to bake cakes than show her buns as dowdy Mrs Doyle in 'Father Ted', but now Pauline McLynn takes on a most unholy role in TV’s 'Shameless'.

Diane Parish thinks her 'EastEnders' alter-ego should leave Albert Square.

Leona Lewis landed a staggering €1m pay cheque to perform at a recent private birthday party.

FOUR children stranded in Venezuela when their parents were arrested allegedly trying to leave the country with suitcases stuffed with cocaine were last night reunited with family.

SHOW JUMPER Jessica Kurten pocketed the biggest cheque of her career on Saturday when earning €300,000 as winner of the Global Champions Tour final in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan defended his bombshell book about the Bush administration today, saying he did not speak up against the overselling of war in Iraq because he gave the president the benefit of the doubt.

Former US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says he was foolish to have revealed the identity of a CIA employee.

A churchman who led dialogue on parading disputes will spearhead independent efforts to resolve the row over the Omagh bomb memorial.

A monument to the victims of the 1998 Omagh bomb would confront the bereaved with painful memories, a relative said today.

If the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors in the US lasts longer than a week or two, it could cost the carmaker billions of dollars, according to several industry analysts.

US President George Bush today acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has “run its course.”

A former White House aide has been given a reprieve from jail by US President George Bush, who said his two and a half year prison sentence was excessive.

The US judge who oversaw the CIA leak trial of a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he received threatening letters and phone calls after sentencing Lewis “Scooter” Libby to prison.

Lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby are preparing a last-ditch effort to delay the former US White House aide's two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

FORMER White House aide Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.

Former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case.

Former US White House aide Lewis ’Scooter’ Libby faces sentencing today in the CIA leak trial.

THE White House offered support yesterday for Vice President Dick Cheney, a powerful proponent of the Iraq war, after the conviction of his top aide dealt a fresh blow to Cheney’s political reputation and raised new questions about his influence.