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Yet another golf course has come on the market and is expected to fetch only a fraction of what was paid for it during the property boom.

Expected to sell in two lots is a Killarney golf course with a 20-year pedigree, overlooking 200 year old trees, a 15th century castle - and the four-story shell of an uncompleted 120-bed hotel and lodges project.

The head housekeeper at one of the country’s most famous hotels has been awarded over €20,000 after a tribunal of inquiry ruled that she had been unfairly dismissed.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a child was discovered with a fractured skull.

Omagh/St Enda’s 1-10 Carrickmore 0-12

IT’S that time of year again. The great and good of public life pack their buckets and spades and head off to the wilds of Donegal to muse over the road less travelled.

A United Airlines captain suffered an apparent heart attack while piloting a plane from Houston to Seattle and passengers stepped in to help with a doctor performing CPR and an off-duty pilot assisting in the emergency landing in Idaho.

Tipperary -10 Antrim 0-08

In the corridor at Ruislip following Saturday’s qualifier, Antrim boss Liam Bradley was conducting a television interview when referee Pádraig Hughes peered around the corner.

The game needed a dramatic intervention from somebody and Tommy Freeman was the man to provide it.

Monaghan 1-12 Antrim 1-9

A man has survived after falling 40 storeys from a New York apartment building.

Both Antrim and Kildare will field unchanged teams for tonight's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier replay at Casement Park (throw-in 7pm).

CAPTAIN Brian Dooher will return to the Tyrone line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Cork for Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Antrim.

Kevin Niblock has recovered fully from a shoulder injury to be named in the Antrim team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final showdown with Tyrone at Casement Park (throw-in 4pm).

MANAGER Jody Gormley slammed the handful of Antrim players who deserted their Tommy Murphy Cup challenge that ended in an historic success on Saturday.

Antrim 2-17 Derry 1-12

Walsh Cup semi-final round-up results.

A lorry driver was blown off the Foyle Bridge in Derry in high winds which would have shut all comparable bridges in the United Kingdom to high-sided vehicles, an inquest heard today.

DUNDALK overcame the elements and Finn Harps to clinch the runners-up spot in the First Division at Finn Park yesterday.

Antrim 5-13 Carlow 1-07

Denis Russell helped Clare through to the second round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers at Casement Park.

Fermanagh emerged as 1-09 to 0-09 victors in a tight Ulster SFC quarter-final tussle with Antrim in Enniskillen.

IT was a macabre twist worthy of a crime novel - at precisely the same time news broke of Denis Donaldson’s murder last night, a news magazine was about to announce him winner of its Survivor of the Year award.

YOU heard it here first: Martin Cullen has split personalities. And, no, we’re not making sly reference to Martin’s seeming confusion as to whether he’s Minister for Transport or Mayor of Waterford.

Eight men appeared in court in Belfast today charged with belonging to the outlawed loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force.

Magill magazine has unreservedly apologised to Mary Harney for a defamatory article.

Tanaiste Mary Harney has completed a day of campaigning after hopefully putting the Magill affair behind her.

Progressive Democrats leader Mary Harney is expected to face a barrage of questioning today over her planned legal action against Magill magazine.

More memorable quotes from the day’s campaigning in the general election were: