Cork 2-9

A judge has made orders allowing doctors administer life-saving treatment to a young woman in an advanced state of malnutrition due to anorexia.

Heather Cooney can barely believe so much time has passed since Galway won the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2013.

Kilkenny and Cork progressed to the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 final on April 23 after overcoming the challenges of Galway and Limerick respectively.

A 12-year-old boy who suffered catastrophic injuries in the minutes after his birth at the Coombe Women’s Hospital in Dublin has settled his High Court damages action with a final payment of €8.5m.

Tullamore 2-07 Rhode 0-09

Two Offaly football heavyweights met in today’s county SFC final in Tullamore with Rhode pulling through to claim their 25th title, moving them within one of Tullamore on the honours list.

Four Championship newcomers are in the Offaly team to take on Kildare in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final in Portlaoise (throw-in 4pm).

Ciaran McManus will not be coming out of inter-county retirement to line out for the Offaly footballers this summer, according to new manager Tom Coffey.

Laois edged an entertaining battle against an Offaly side, minus Ciarán McManus and Niall McNamee at the opening of the new Mountmellick GAA Clubhouse by GAA President Liam O’Neill last night.

Shoes for sheep, medical vests for children, and horse tail wraps were just some of the businesses unveiled by teenage entrepreneurs from schools across Ireland yesterday.

NIALL McNAMEE and Niall Darby hit 13 points between them, as 2008 champions Rhode booked their place in the Offaly SFC final with this impressive performance at O’Connor Park on Saturday.

Judgment has been reserved in a High Court action brought by the families of some victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing aimed at securing documents from five persons to be used in proceedings for damages against the five in the Northern Ireland courts.

THE last time someone was publicly feted on Raglan Road, poor Patrick Kavanagh was smitten and a future US president was in nappies.

A Dublin man has been ordered to carry out 90 hours community service for his role in a staged robbery of diamonds valued at almost €300,000.

Two Dublin men involved in a staged robbery of diamonds valued at almost €300,000 have been jailed and a third conspirator may be directed to carry out community service.

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has decided to keep faith with the same side that defeated Laois last weekend for today's National Football League Division 1B clash with Limerick in Newbridge.

Laois boss Mick O'Dwyer has made four changes in personnel from the side that went down to Kildare last time out for Sunday's National Football League clash against Galway.

Table-toppers Down host Kildare today in Division 1B of the National Football League, and the Northerners expect to welcome back ace attacker Benny Coulter for the clash.

FOOTBALLER of the year Tomás Ó Sé has been presented with a fresh challenge ahead of Kerry's televised Allianz NFL clash with Dublin in Tralee tomorrow night.

There are four games down for decision in Division 1B of the National Football League and Laois travel to Sligo looking for a more convincing win than last week's against Limerick.

Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer has decided to ring the changes following last week's narrow win over Limerick for Sunday's game against Sligo.

Michael Ellard and Brendan Larkin

Galway, Laois, Down and Wexford all enjoyed wins in Division 1B of the Allianz NFL today.

Laois 0-17, Westmeath 0-12

Westmeath 0-12 Laois 0-17

Laois and Westmeath meet today in the O’Byrne Cup final, a repeat of last year’s Leinster final, which Páidí Ó Sé’s side won for the first time.

Laois 2-10 Kildare 2-9

Laois' battle against relegation this weekend has been boosted by the return of defender Darren Rooney to first team action.

UNDER 21 stars Sean Cavanagh and John Devine return to the Tyrone team for Sunday’s Alianz National Football League Division 1 ‘A’ clash with Kerry at Omagh.

Armagh 1-14 Laois 2-8