Clare needed every one of their 20 scores to edge out a valiant Offaly side that refused to give in.

Two wolf dogs from the North who starred in Game Of Thrones are helping drive a surge in the rare breed's popularity.

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The Irish ambassador to Britain has described our emigrants’ contribution to the country as “outstanding.”

Limerick 0 Dundalk 3: New Limerick FC boss Neil McDonald watched his side slip to defeat to Dundalk – and finish the game with 10 men after keeper Brendan Clarke was ref carded – at the Markets Field last night.

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St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Limerick 2: Limerick showed no adverse affects from their managerial upheaval during the week as interim boss Willie Boland’s side came away from Richmond Park with three big points.

Scissor sister, Charlotte Mulhall, 32, and killer waitress, Marta Herda, 29, are just two of 10 women serving life sentences in Ireland.

AIB is to appoint Brexit advisors all around the country as it advised customers not to become complacent about its impact on industry, writes Pádraig Hoare of the Irish Examiner.

A teenager died on Christmas morning after the scrambler bike he was riding was involved in a head on collision.

North Leinster games manager Alan Mulhall cites the involvement of inter-county players in management positions as one of the prime reasons Moate Community College and St Peter’s College Wexford make up the novel pairing in today’s provincial colleges “A” final in Portlaoise (1pm throw-in).

Longford 2-11 Offaly 0-9: Second-half goals from Liam Connerton and Darren Gallagher helped Longford record an eight-point win over Offaly in this Round-2 O’Byrne Cup clash in Newtowncashel.

Finn Harps 0, Longford Town 1: Finn Harps were shocked as they slumped to a seventh defeat on the trot to leave them hovering just above the drop zone. This defeat at Finn Park against rock bottom basement side Longford — whose only previous win came on the opening day of the season — will have set the alarm bells ringing.

Five Dublin drinking pals dramatically withdrew personal injury claims relating to a rear-ending accident that a judge described as “a clear set-up”.

Cork City 6 Longford Town 0: A magnificent Steven Beattie hat-trick was the highlight as Cork City warmed up for Friday night’s massive game with champions Dundalk with an emphatic rout of Longford Town at Turner’s Cross last night.

Unique is one word to describe John Mulhall. Mercurial is another. One of Kilkenny’s great hurling mysteries explains to John Fogarty how he did it his way...

UCD 1 | SK Slovan Bratislava 5 (SK win 6-1 on aggregate)

Longford Town 1 Cork City 4: Steven Beattie says he couldn’t have planned a better league debut for Cork City.

Slovan Bratislava 1 UCD 0<br>There was unkind, late heartbreak for UCD in Slovakia as they came within minutes of holding Slovan Bratislava to a remarkable scoreless draw.

F91 Dudelange 2 UCD 1 (Agg: 2-2 - UCD win on away goals)

Having created a little bit of history by winning the first leg last week, UCD captain Robbie Benson doesn’t want their European adventure to end with a whimper in Luxembourg tonight (kick-off 5pm).

Kildare 1-15 Offaly 1-13

UCD 1 F91 Dudelange 1: Teenager Ryan Swan delighted his watching father Derek by emulating him by also scoring in Europe to earn UCD a remarkable Europa League victory.

Kildare great Dermot Earley has revealed his frustration with the decision of David Hyland and Darroch Mulhall to walk out on the panel midsummer.

Offaly had way too much firepower for Longford and it was their more clinical finishing of better chances created that earned them the new Division 4 silverware.

Cork City 2 Longford Town 0

Bohemians 2 Longford Town 0: A goal with his first touch from sub Adam Evans sealed a fifth win of the season for Bohemians to lift them to second in the Premier Division.

The Republic of Ireland U19 side suffered a heart-breaking loss to hosts Germany in their UEFA U19 Championships Elite Qualifying Round encounter in Sandhausen today.