Controversial, we know.

Stephen Rochford’s pathway from Mayo to Donegal wasn’t exactly straightforward.

John Divilly pick out the key takeaways from the weekend’s football action.

A Tipperary family’s collection of photos offers a glimpse into life a century ago, writes John G Dwyer.

Weekend review

A dispute over a right of way led to a 20-year legal battle against the State, which is still refusing to pay up, writes Michael Clifford.

Monday night’s meeting of the Cork County Board wasn’t solely concerned with the future of long-serving secretary Frank Murphy.

Tommy Barker views a fine Co Cork home

Time was that road bowling wasn’t so much a tradition in Cork as a birthright. It’s a sport surviving in changed times and changed lives, but only just. Isn’t there an onus on us all to preserve native tradition and heritage?

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The James O’Donovan juggernaut continued in the Co-Action benefit in Casteltownkenneigh where he beat Killian Kingston. Brothers Aidan and David Murphy beat Martin Coppinger and Séamus Sexton in the opening score there.

Where there’s money and sport, there will continue to be corruption of one form or another, writes Michael Clifford

The State has been strongly urged by the Supreme Court to make a “significant” ex gratia payment to a man after finding he should never have been prosecuted for public order offences arising from a dispute over cattle between neighbours in West Cork 19 years ago.

Frank Mullen, an ex-garda, wants vindication from wild accusations over the last 10 years, writes Michael Clifford.

A same-sex couple whose dream wedding was delayed 24 hours by red tape has tied the knot.

Murphy is a common surname among the Sarsfields and Erin’s Own squads.

Aid agencies and rights groups have accused the Government of shutting them out of efforts to tackle the refugee crisis.

“We can build walls, we can build fences. But imagine for a second it were you, your child in your arms, the world you knew torn apart around you. There is no price you would not pay, there is no wall you would not climb, no sea you would not sail, no border you would not cross if it is war or the barbarism of the so-called Islamic State that you are fleeing”.

THE scale of Europe’s refugee crisis appears immense but it could attain biblical proportions in the not too distant future because of the failure of EU nations to agree a common strategy, the lethargy of the United Nations and, notably, climate change.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

American author Liza Klaussmann speaks to Sue Leonard about the toll the creative process can take on the imagination, particularly when writing fiction about factual characters 

The Cliff House Hotel is renowned for its five-star class and excellent facilities. Esther N McCarthy joins the resident whale expert for a weekend with a difference.

British pub chain JD Wetherspoon has outlined its plan to open a bar in one of Cork city centre’s busiest areas.

A judge has said four men "behaved like a lynch mob from the days of the wild west" when they terrorised a Shannon family in the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2012.

Aidan Murphy is Joe McVeigh Cup champion following his bowl of odds win over Ulster champion Eddie Carr on the Markethill Road in Keady yesterday.

Cousins Aidan and Kieran Murphy beat Ulster pair Thomas Mackle and Sean Donnelly in the last shot of the Dunmanway Hospital and Daycare joint-benefit event at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

If your surname is McCarthy, O’Riordan, Twomey or Kelleher and your forebears came from the Lee Valley then they were probably a bloodthirsty bunch involved in ethnic cleansing in the 14th century.

The crossword is about to turn 100. Dave Kenny looks back at the history of the black and white grid.

The mother of a junior doctor who took her own life described her daughter’s working hours as “immoral” following an inquest.

Relatives were last night trying to comfort Kathleen Chada, the devastated mother of Eoghan, 10, and Ruairi, 5, whose bodies were discovered just hours after gardaí issued a major alert in a bid to establish their whereabouts.

The letter landed through the front door last Friday — and it wasn’t good news.

Nice wan, like — the People’s Republic of Cork is getting its own “rebel passport” to mark the Gathering.

A family of three, who had to flee their home for their own safety in the middle of the night, has been awarded damages for assault against a Dublin businessman and landlord and his two sons.

“So, who’s stoked about being in Dublin?” The response said it all. “Wooo-hooo!”

MUSIC NEWS: Lock up your children! David Guetta, and Example headline tonight’s dance event in Marlay Park, Dublin, and as we predicted in the wake of the Swedish House Mafia trouble, the powers that be are queuing up to get tough with those awful young people.

MUSIC NEWS: If you’re not a fan of Olympic boxing, some of the best sporting fun of recent days has been the verbal sparring between Elton John and Madonna.

A 34-year-old Co Wicklow man has been jailed for 11 years for killing his fiancée's baby.

All-Ireland champion Conor McGuigan and Martin Toal gave Ulster a last shot win over brothers David and Aidan Murphy in the feature score at Port Mór on St. Patrick’s Day.

When it comes to appreciating the commitment of elite GAA players, their rugby counterparts are among their biggest admirers.