Two first-half goals against Armagh helped Tyrone into the Ulster U21 final for the first time in three years last night.

St Patrick’s weekend, 2014 will live long in the memory of Caithriona McGlone as the Lismore forward netted three times from play in the AIB All-Ireland intermediate club camogie final replay win over Ballyhale Shamrocks (3-8 to 0-7) at the Clonmel Sportsfield yesterday.

Mayo 2-13 Tyrone 1-13

Tyrone 1-12 Roscommon 0-13

Tyrone 1-12 Roscommon 0-13

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has described the recent trouble in Belfast as "simply incomprehensible".

Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon on rioters as violence linked to the Union Flag row flared in east Belfast again.

Senior members of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force are orchestrating loyalist street violence that has seen police come under attack in Belfast on four successive nights, the North's Chief Constable has said.

A nationalist assembly member in the North has received a death threat.

Ulster Bank has paid more than £18m (€14m) to almost 300,000 customers in the North hit by IT problems over the summer.

FAI chief executive John Delaney has defended his much-publicised drinking sessions with Irish fans during Ireland’s disastrous Euro 2012 campaign.

As 30,000 fans cheered on the Republic of Ireland in Poznan last night, yet another Airtricity League club was forced to withdraw from the domestic top flight due to a lack of support.

Monaghan United officials declared their intent to fulfil their fixtures this season despite a cash-flow crisis which as engulfing the club.

A heroin addict has been jailed for attempting to have sex with a drunken 14-year-old girl in Dublin city centre.

Up to 2,000 people have attended an anti-austerity rally in Dublin.

The leader of the nationalist SDLP is to step down, she confirmed tonight.

SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie could face a second challenger after South Belfast MP Alasdair McDonnell said he is being urged to step forward.

Margaret Ritchie is to be challenged for the leadership of the SDLP, it was confirmed today.

Election canvassers for the SDLP were targeted by a petrol bomb attack overnight, the party has said.

PAT QUINLAN has suffered many disappointments in his 14 years representing Portumna in various inter-club competitions, so it was all the sweeter for the man from Ballinderry in North Tipperary that he should clinch their first Bulmers Irish Junior Cup triumph at Castlebar yesterday.

BANDON’S dreams of a famous double have been shattered by yesterday’s narrow loss to Dunmurry in the semi-final of the Bulmers Barton Shield at Castlebar. So now, they switch their attentions to the Irish Senior Cup, in which they meet Co Sligo in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

Devolution has made little difference to how parts of the North’s government are run, a new book from the University of Ulster has claimed.

The SDLP today announced a wide-ranging reshuffle of its Assembly team.

The SDLP is asking the British Attorney General to review what it says were overly lenient sentences passed on two loyalists who used the police database to gather information on people in Tyrone and south Antrim.

Compensation claims against the Roads Service across the North are on the rise because rural roads are "going to pot", it was claimed today.

The North's Assembly sessions are in danger of being cut back if the crisis facing the Executive is not tackled, it was warned today.

A minister in the North minister has banned officials in the Republic from sitting on committees advising his department, it was confirmed today.

Tough targets for carbon emissions in the North should be attached to funding for bonfires and other community festivals, it was claimed today.

A schizophrenic admitted to hospital following suicide bids hanged himself four days after he was discharged, an inquest heard today.

Ageism in Ireland’s health and social services is a reality, a report said today.

Patsy McGlone has been selected as the SDLP candidate for Mid Ulster in the forthcoming general election.

Community policing representatives in Northern Ireland are under a new threat from loyalist terrorists, it was revealed today.

People with Down’s syndrome are being refused the right to register to vote in Northern Ireland despite having voted in the past, it was claimed today.

Two men were being questioned in Northern Ireland today about the murder of a young man.