The secretary always gets the tough jobs. Just ask Mike O’Riordan in Limerick.

James Molyneaux stood out as old school even in the heart of the establishment, writes Gerard Howlin

Tributes have been paid to former Ulster Unionist Party leader James Molyneaux who has died at the age of 94.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has conveyed his sympathy to the parents whose babies died at a maternity unit in the midlands regional hospital in Portlaoise.

A former mayor of Newbridge finished a marathon “in a fairly fast time” at a time he was claiming a chest infection prevented him from returning to his job, according to Kildare County Council.

It took a Darragh Treacy goal three minutes from time to separate neighbours St Kieran’s and Ballysteen in the Limerick SFC quarter-final in Rathkeale’s Mick Neville Park on Friday evening.

A second Labour Councillor in Co Kildare said he will be resigning from the party because it made promises that it knew it could not keep.

St Kieran’s (Limerick) 1-11 Kenmare (Kerry) 1-07

THE organiser behind the latest community protest against head shops said if people didn’t march on the stores now they could be marching behind the coffin of a victim some day.

A man appeared in court tonight charged in connection with the fatal shooting of two men in Dublin last Sunday.

Garda sub-aqua divers had to break through ice on the frozen Royal Canal today to search for a gun used in a double murder at the weekend.

GARDAÍ expect to bring charges in the coming days for the double murder of Brendan Molyneaux and Paddy Mooney last Sunday. The prospect will put pressure on the north Dublin gang boss who is suspected of ordering the gun attack.

LOCALS were still in shock yesterday at a brutal double gangland murder in the heart of a Dublin inner city flat complex.

Two men were behind a vicious double murder at a flats complex in which an innocent bystander was gunned down, detectives revealed today.

Detectives were today hunting two men over a double murder at a flats complex in the second fatal gun attack within days.

A LIMERICK businessman has expressed his displeasure at being replaced as sponsor of a star ladies GAA football team by rugby legend Peter Clohessy.

Kerry failed to hang onto a goal lead early in the second half as Wicklow pinched a 0-15 to 2-07 victory over the Kingdom in Section 2B of the Christy Ring Cup.

THANKS but no thanks, that was the reaction yesterday from Kerry manager Gerry Molyneaux to the recent motion adopted by Congress, allowing weaker hurling counties the option of reinforcing their squad with up to five outside players, under certain conditions.

Kerry manager Jerry Molyneaux has made two changes to his side for Sunday's NHL Division Two final against Dublin (Thurles, throw-in 1.30pm).

The wife of Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley was today among the first three peers ever to be appointed from his party.

Former Laois manager Paudie Butler has been taken on as a coaching consultant to the Kerry hurling team.

August 9, 2005

Ballybrown 1-14 Ahane 2-11

There will be a major realignment in unionism in Northern Ireland in the post-David Trimble and Ian Paisley era, it was claimed today.

Monaleen 2-8 Newcastle West 2-8

Sam Dash, the former chief Watergate counsel who became a household name in the 1970s died today after a lengthy illness, his family said. He was 79.

Cork City 1, Derry City 0

FOUR people died in weekend road accidents, bringing the number killed on Irish roads so far this year to 253.