Attributes such as optimism and emotional stability can lead to a better quality of life in our later years, says Margaret Jennings.

Kilmurry Ibrickane 2-13 Cratloe 0-6: A powerful second-half performance saw Kilmurry Ibrickane claim their 11th Clare SFC title in front of a crowd of 3,722 at Cusack Park, Ennis.

The national ploughing championships were held not too far away in Screggan during the week but around Cloona, Johnstownbridge, Kilglass, Broadford, Carbury and the general west of Kildare, the most important ploughing occasion of the year takes place tomorrow week.

Tipperary football chairman Joe Hannigan, who claimed the county were aiming to win an All-Ireland senior title by 2020, has revealed the inspiration behind the goal.

Nearly 55,000 Junior Certificate students breathed sighs of relief to see questions on 1916 in their history exams.

A study from NUI Galway has found that older people are more likely to get an emotional and psychological boost from listening to music than younger adults, says Margaret Jennings.

The stadium floodlights of Croke Park will today be dimmed and 14 flames will light up Hill 16 as the GAA marks the 95th anniversary of the events of Bloody Sunday, which happened during the War of Independence.

Tralee’s Mercy Mounthawk staged a remarkable comeback to overcome Coláiste Choilm of Ballincollig by 2-16 to 3-10 in their Corn Uí Mhuirí Group D clash in Millstreet.

Frontline supervisors have called for more gardaí to be armed to tackle organised crime.

Your attitude to ageing can determine how long you live. A new study shows that people who feel their age or older are more likely to die sooner, writes Margaret Jennings.           

Former GAA president Seán Kelly has recalled how he rearranged seats at the 2005 Congress to ensure the vote to open Croke Park to international rugby and soccer had a greater chance of succeeding.

The 34,000 students of Junior Certificate French had their written and listening tests at schools around the country yesterday morning.

Limerick rock group The Cranberries, fronted by Dolores O’Riordan, are still making music — and profits — after almost a quarter of a century in the music business.

An inquest has found that a farmer fatally wounded by multiple gunshots was unlawfully killed, while his brother-in-law, found later in a nearby farm shed, died by suicide.

The world’s first “urban poc fada” takes place in Carrick -on-Suir this afternoon as part of the Clancy Brothers Festival.

As we approach a number of centenary commemorations over the next few years, most especially the 1916 Easter Rising, the 1918 General Election and the First Dáil Éireann in 1919, calls have been made to be as inclusive as possible as we remember these, and other events, in which citizens died.

A piece of Irish history sold for just over €5,000 as an auction bidder snapped up a rare ticket for the football game that ended in tragedy at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday in 1920.

It may be only six months since the 2010 Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger final was run at the brand new Limerick Stadium but a huge crowd will be convening again on Saturday to savour the 2011 decider where there will be very strong local interest.

A RETIRED secondary school principal who was caught with 289 images and 12 video files of child pornography on his computer almost three years ago had a prison sentence suspended on appeal yesterday.

A man has been sentenced to 12 years for shooting his neighbour in the stomach because of "bad blood" between the two.

HURLER of the Year Lar Corbett said that Queen Elizabeth had displayed a keen interest in the sport when she met a group of players at Croke Park yesterday.

AT last, an empire to rival Britain’s.

The hierarchy of the GAA made peace with the British establishment today when the Queen set foot on the hallowed turf of its Dublin headquarters.

BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to visit the Rock of Cashel, and the Irish National Stud and confirmation of her intention to visit Cork will provide a welcome boost for some of the country’s most celebrated tourist attractions.

A Kildare man who shot his neighbour in the stomach and who was also shot himself in the ensuing struggle has been convicted by a jury.

The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of a man accused of shooting his neighbour in the stomach and who was allegedly shot himself in the ensuing struggle.

WILLIE AUSTIN, a man who has long known the time of day, produced 12-1 shot Mossey Joe to land the Grade 3 O’Connell Group Stayers’ Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Mossey Joe was the surprise star of the show at Cork as jump racing returned to Ireland following the big freeze.

SPENDING on Waterford’s various inter-county teams has dropped by almost €200,000 in just two years.

AT present I am researching the events of Bloody Sunday at Croke Park in Dublin in 1920.

A man accused of murdering a taxi driver was remanded in custody for fortnight today at Cork District Court.

WATERFORD GAA chiefs have confirmed that Davy Fitzgerald received a new one-year term at the head of the county’s senior hurlers as was reported in yesterday’s Irish Examiner.

Davy Fitzgerald's spell as Waterford senior hurling manager has been extended into a fourth championship season following last night’s specially convened meeting of the County Board.

DAVY FITZGERALD’S spell as Waterford senior hurling manager has been extended into a fourth championship season following last night’s specially convened meeting of the County Board.

FORMER All-Ireland winning Kilkenny captain, Eddie O’Connor, is one of four nominations to become Waterford senior hurling manager.

WATERFORD GAA chiefs are hopeful of breaking even by year’s end despite the downturn in the economy.

MICK O’DWYER is to be ratified tonight as the Wicklow senior boss for a fifth successive season – his 57th consecutive season in inter-county football.

A RETIRED secondary school principal was given a 10-month jail sentence yesterday for having 289 child pornographic images and six such video files on his computer two years ago.

A forensic scientist has told a Central Criminal Court jury that DNA found in the bedroom of a woman who alleges she was raped and sexually assaulted by a neighbour matches that of the accused man.