I took my last order of wall balls from India some time around 2016. Tommy Howard and I had a company ‘Daly Wall Ball’, where we used to ship the product in from India, which could take about four months to arrive, writes Anthony Daly

Over the course of the Allianz Football League so far, Galway have fielded the largest variety of players, writes Paul Keane.

Ireland’s first baby of the new year and the new decade was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital just 12 minutes after midnight.

If St Mullins were looking for some inspiration ahead of tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final, it was provided on Thursday when selector Micheál Ryan was discharged from hospital.

Elber Twomey believes “her beauties” are smiling in heaven because of her success in pushing for suicide training for all police officers.

Selector Micheál Ryan — father of substitute Oisín — suffered a heart attack.

We're not sure exactly how much of this game Michael Darragh Macauley will remember and, in truth, that shouldn't bother the Dublin great too much.

Armagh attacker Oisin O’Neill reckons the new Tier 2 championship will ensure that next year’s Division 2 league campaign is more competitive than ever.

It was a gamble John McEntee must have felt was worth taking when he took on the Clontibret job last year — but the scenario he wanted to avoid most has come to pass.

All the GAA action is here.

Catherine Shanahan Health Correspondent

Former Mayo selector Tony McEntee insists tomorrow’s Super 8 decider is not personal for Stephen Rochford - but claims Donegal are in difficulty going to Castlebar.

A Garda has been credited with saving the life of an injured dog found on a cliff walk.

Patrick Kelly and Oisín McConville review the weekend's Super 8 action with Mike Quirke.

Patrick Kelly and Oisín McConville review the weekend's Super 8 action with Mike Quirke.

Seven is the magic number for Aidan O’Brien at Epsom today as he sends out seven runners in search of his seventh victory in the Investec Derby.

Ailing attendances, the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker, the Ulster championship finds itself at a crossroads.

More than 2,000 people took to the streets of Youghal, Co Cork, last night to pay tribute to the town’s newest and greatest double act since Moby Dick and Ahab.

I met Nickey Brennan in the lift on the way out of Croke Park yesterday. “If ever a system needed to be redressed,” I said to him, “the set-up with the Galway club champions has to change.”

Clare legend Anthony Daly says the decision to grant Waterford home advantage for their Munster SHC games this summer has blown the provincial championship “wide open”.

Looking for a day trip with a difference this Valentine’s Day? Check out Ciara McDonnell’s top suggestions.

Though advised by medics to start their family in their 20s, many women often feel judged for having children before establishing their career or going on a world tour. Sharon Ní Chonchúir talks to three young mothers about the pros and cons

Two years ago, Gaoth Dobhair were beaten by 12 points in the Donegal Championship and walked out of the ground a broken team. Mervyn O’Donnell took over as manager and made one pledge — that he was going to restore honesty to the club.

Even in death, Emma Mhic Mhathúna would not be silenced.

Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children who sued over CervicalCheck smears have settled their legal action for €7.5m.

Former Offaly hurler Brian Carroll has accused the GAA of behaving in an elitist fashion by preserving the Munster SHC “at all costs”, while, at the same time, tearing Leinster apart.

Reviews into the deaths of children in care criticise how some cases were allowed to “drift” before meaningful action was taken, and the lack of coordination between social workers and other professionals such as Public Health Nurses and mental health services.

“I’m dying. I don’t even know if my little baby is going to remember me.” These were the words of mother-of-five Emma Mhic Mhathúna yesterday.

Clare joint-manager Gerry O’Connor has claimed the pitch in Cusack Park is bigger in size than Thurles and Croke Park.

Three students who used their hobby to set up a board game business have found themselves fielding sales orders from far and wide.

A Wexford firm is complementing gin’s growth by producing premium tonic water, writes Trish Dromey

The grief-stricken father of road crash victim Darragh Killeen has told mourners his 19-year-old son had given the gift of life to four others through organ donation.

Elber Twomey’s pain was etched on her face as she recalled the car crash that wiped out her family five years ago.

Never mind the wider implications, just look at that goal count. If, as a neutral, you weren’t wearing a broad smile at the end, perhaps hurling isn’t for you.

Kerry minor manager Peter Keane doesn’t believe his team will encounter a northern wall on Sunday.

*WARNING SPOILER ALERT*

Oisín McConville and Brendan O'Brien on the weekend's action, plus Colm Cooper on his All-Ireland final day experiences.

In conversation with Hilary Fennell

There are times when you just have to appreciate the awesome power of your better than-bog standard fossil fuel.

Two brothers, one a Leaving Certificate student, have been jailed for “brutal” assaults two years ago.

Two brothers, one a Leaving Certificate student, have been jailed for “brutal” assaults two years ago.

Ballyea’s main problem yesterday was their big names were too busy with a direct opponent, writes Anthony Daly.