A diehard fan of Home & Away, Megan O’Brien made sure that a stop-off at the soap’s iconic “Summer Bay” set was firmly on the itinerary during her holiday in Australia with her boyfriend Peter Murphy.

Galway have one foot in the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland senior camogie championship after yesterday’s 2-12 to 1-10 triumph over Limerick at Kenny Park.

Cork, Waterford and Tipperary all secured their progression to the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship this afternoon when they secured home wins at the expense of Meath, Clare and Dublin respectively.

Fourteen years after making her debut for Tipperary, Mary Ryan is still one of the Premiers’ prime performers, as illustrated by another tour de force that earned the pocket rocket player-of-the-match honours in her side’s 2-12 to 1-7 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship triumph over Clare in Sixmilebridge on Saturday.

All-Ireland champions Cork provided a coolly efficient performance as they dismantled Dublin by 2-20 to 0-9 to record a third win from as many games in Group 2 of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship.

Kilkenny turned around their National League final reverse at the hands of Galway coming out two-point winners in their championship opener today.

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

Thank goodness for September Sundays. Even though the hurling championship, in its new compressed, more efficient form, no longer involves a September day out, we still have camogie. 

Cork manager Paudie Murray may look at making changes for his side’s trip to Trim to play Meath in Saturday’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, but that should not be interpreted as the Rebels taking anything for granted.

Cork moved to the top of Group 2 of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship with a 4-15 to 2-3 win over Dublin at Páirc Uí Rinn that will strike fear in the hearts of future opposition.

Linda Collins was one of many talented young Cork players earmarked for stardom when a number of county legends retired.

Cork were singing in the rain at the Coralstown Kinnegad grounds, producing a power-packed second-half performance to win the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues Division 2 title for a fifth time.

Kilkenny survived a late Wexford rally to advance from their Camogie League Division 1 semi-final in Waterford by 2-7 to 1-7.

Kilkenny 1-10 Cork 3-04

TERMINALLY ill patients often have their final wishes overruled because of confusion over the scope and validity of “do not resuscitate” orders and advance care directives or living wills.

A Dublin man was today jailed for 12 years by a judge at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin for attempting to murder his brother-in-law.

A young Dublin man, found guilty of attempting to shoot his brother-in-law, will by sentenced by the Central Criminal Court next month.

A young man accused of putting a gun to his brother-in-law’s head and twice pulling the trigger told gardaí that he was at a funeral in Donegal when the incident allegedly took place in Dublin.

A woman has told a jury that her brother entered her bedroom, put a gun to her husband’s head and twice pulled the trigger.

A man has told a Central Criminal Court jury that his brother-in-law put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger twice as he lay in bed with his wife and two-week-old baby.

SARSFIELDS winning the county SHC title in 2008 has certainly had a knock on effect at local schools level where the boys of Riverstown produced a fine display to win the Allianz Sciath na Scol DH1 final at Páirc Ui Rinn yesterday.