Last year's All-Ireland finalists Tyrone came through a draining battle when they just couldn't shake off a game Derry challenge in the Ulster Championship preliminary round in Omagh.

Long serving Mayo defender Keith Higgins believes the truth about their Allianz league campaign lies somewhere between the boom and bust scenarios that were painted.

I was walking into Croke Park last Sunday when I heard some fella calling me.

Mattie Kenny’s reputation as a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the word “no” reached new heights in recent months.

My last game as an inter-county manager with Dublin was our 2014 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tipperary. I drove from Clare, picked up Tommy Dunne in Nenagh and met the squad in the Curragh.

Clare legend Anthony Daly says the decision to grant Waterford home advantage for their Munster SHC games this summer has blown the provincial championship “wide open”.

On the evening of the Clare-Wexford game two weeks ago, I left Cork and headed straight to Whitegate, the last outpost in east Clare, right on the Galway border.

The Government’s Judicial Appointments Bill is no longer a “dog’s dinner” but rather a plate of “caviar and oysters”, Transport Minister Shane Ross has said.

As he watched his former Galway colleagues reaching the peak on All-Ireland final Sunday from the Croke Park press box in his brief as an analyst, there was plenty of mixed emotions for David Collins, writes John Fogarty.

He’s only out of the U21 ranks yet Con O’Callaghan boasts the sort of medals collection you’d expect to see in a GAA museum exhibit.

Two members of the Committee on the Eighth Amendment who said they were considering their positions, have now said they will continue attending the body.

With handmaids protesting outside, the budget and abortion dominated on day one, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Pride shone through the clouds and the rain for Cork’s LGBT community as they remembered a recently departed activist and advocate.

Nothing was said to dent Leo’s happiness. He could not stop smiling, and neither could his proud mother and father... Once the vote was passed, the family were engulfed by well-wishers from all sides of the floor, writes Lise Hand. 

He was on his way home from Dublin to training, sitting in traffic with his headphones in, when the call came.

The Ulster championship’s status as the undisputed market leader in competitive provincial combat took another tumble yesterday with Tyrone repeating last year’s 11-point victory over Derry on their return to Celtic Park.

One minute, you’re at your first-ever concert wearing kitten-ears, waving a pink balloon and singing your little heart out. The next, you’re screaming, your innocence shattered, your bones broken, your secure and happy world fallen apart.

David Givney's injury-time goal earned Cavan a replay in a thrilling Ulster SFC semi-final against Tyrone at Clones.

Larry Deeley was cutting ash trees to make hurleys when he died. It was the end of September 1978. 

“Who is Gerard Craughwell?” was the question Shane Ross asked me outside Government Buildings shortly after 6pm yesterday.

Independent TD Mattie McGrath is still gunning for ‘AK-47’ Kelly, despite backing down on ‘hiding in his Hiace’ claim, writes Elaine Loughlin

A man exasperated by the constant barking of a neighbour’s dog sprayed the Labrador with his hose to get him to stop but the dog’s owner reacted by threatening to kill his neighbour with a hurley.

Galway’s strong tradition at minor hurling level has fostered a culture of expectation among the county’s present crop, according to manager Jeffrey Lynskey.

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An entire branch of Sinn Féin has resigned from the party after the expulsion of one of its councillors, Thousands of mourners have gathered to pay their respects at the funerals of Berkeley victims, the FAI has issued a statement this afternoon dimissing claims it accepted bribes not to injure Lionel Messia during the opening game of the Aviva Stadium. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

You can keep your fancy Crossfit exercises and stick your expensive gym memberships because Bogfit is the latest craze that will get you fit and we are sure it will take off.

Mattie Kenny may have missed out on the Galway job at the end of last year but the Cuala manager hasn’t been passing on any secrets to Cian O’Callaghan or any of the club’s other Dublin players.

Leinster rugby got a boost today with the news that Jamie Heaslip is fit to take part in their Champions Cup match against Castres this weekend.

Two brothers orphaned in the St Stephen’s Day tsunami 10 years ago are set to open a children’s home dedicated to their parents in the country they lost their lives.

Tyrone’s first championship defeat to Armagh since the 2005 Ulster final left a black cloud hovering over Healy Park, but manager Mickey Harte is no quitter.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte was offering no excuses over his side’s first championship loss to Armagh since 2005.

Martin Lonergan, an Independent candidate in the Tipperary County Council elections, has written and recorded a song encouraging voters to give him their preference.

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Kildare 1-21 Tyrone 3-16

One of the country’s leading surgeons has spoken of his devastation at the unexpected death of a mother of four during an uncomplicated elective surgical procedure.

ALL-IRELAND SFC SEMI-FINAL:

Player power was the reason behind Waterford manager Michael Ryan’s decision yesterday not to seek a third season in charge.

CONNACHT SFC SEMI-FINAL:

TO make a hames of one smear was unfortunate, to make a hames of two was careless.