The average claim for life insurance last year was just over €71,500.

A woman who contracted cancer and survived was paid €1m by Irish life on a specified illness cover policy in 2012.

The GAA have repeated their assertion that the big screen at Croke Park played no part in the awarding of a point to Eoghan O'Gara in last Sunday's Leinster SFC final.

With 17 minutes remaining in yesterday's Leinster SFC final at Croke Park, defending champions Dublin looked firmly on target for another provincial title whilst holding a comfortable 10-point lead.

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A much-improved second-half performance saw 14-man Donegal turn the tables on Mayo in Ballyshannon yesterday to ease their relegation worries.

Cancer was responsible for almost half of life assurance pay-outs last year, according to new figures, while alcohol played a significant role in a number of accident cases, something Irish Life said was “worrying”.

DONEGAL’S evolution under the management of Jim McGuinness continues to take shape, although there are a few creases that need to be ironed out before Antrim return to the north-west in the Ulster championship opener in six weeks.

Primal Scream plan to release a new album next year.

ALMOST 70% of fatal road accident insurance claims involve the death of a male motorist, many of them in their teens or early 20s, according to a survey conducted by Irish Life.

ONE in four people will at some stage suffer from a serious illness, such as a heart attack or cancer, while one in 10 will die before they reach retirement age, new figures show.

A man who defrauded 12 potential tenants of almost €30,000 in a South Dublin apartment scam has today been given a three-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

CANCER remains overwhelmingly the dominant disease affecting women, according to an analysis of life assurance figures.

BANKS have been criticised for their “knee-jerk” response after restricting tourists’ cash withdrawals to €100 per day after a massive card skimming operation was uncovered.

An Irish film set in a small town in the West that tries to be quirky and charming but doesn’t quite make it.

'X Factor' host Dermot O’Leary will launch an award-winning children’s film festival tonight.

Irish Life paid €54m in respect of 1,055 death claims last year — an average of just over €51,000 per claim.

MALIGNANT cancers accounted for almost half of all death claims lodged with Irish Life last year.

IT was a case of mixed emotions for the Irish last weekend at the Samsung Super League Nations Cup Show in La Baule, France, where early domination disipated on the final day in the wake of a supreme performance by the host team.