One North Dublin man bequeathed a total of €715,000 including a house worth around €525,000 to the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) last year.

One of the architects of the GAA’s last national strategic review fears the administration of some county boards “is lagging behind best practice.”

All-Ireland pennants are very hard to come by so Charleville were overjoyed when they claimed their second win in the AIG Pierce Purcell Shield since 2006 with a heart-stopping 3-2 over Castlebar at a wet and windy Westport.

It was a first ever title for the Kingdom - who fielded players from the Clanmaurice club - the only senior club in the county.

Malcolm O’Kelly has told Devin Toner not to switch off after he was sensationally left out of Joe Schmidt’s 31 man Rugby World Cup squad.

Just as Cork stood ready to breast the tape, a late, late lunge for the line saw Tipperary snatch the verdict in this absorbing Munster U20 final.

A Jake Morris goal four minutes into second-half injury-time secured Tipperary a stunning Munster U20 final victory.

Even though it’s more than a decade since Bertie Ahern harrumphed his infamous advice — “the boom is getting boomier” — the consequences of the madness epitomised by that phrase, and the “soft landings” and “naysayers” slapdowns too, remain chilling, almost as chilling as the idea that a person in his position could so misjudge reality.

The size of the national debt may no longer be a constraint for Government spending as the world enters a “new era” of permanently low borrowing costs, leading economist Austin Hughes has said.

The National Treasury Management Agency has invested disputed taxes collected from Apple in low risk, highly rated euro- dominated fixed income securities, mainly short- to medium-term sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds, it said in its annual report.

A Brazilian national jailed for killing a man who had assaulted and racially abused him earlier that evening has moved to appeal his sentence.

A judge has criticised some young male drivers for treating public roads “as some form of private racetrack” to show off their driving skills and the performances of their vehicles, without regard to the dangers for their passengers or others.

St Michael’s College were crowned Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup champions for the third time in their history with an emphatic victory over Gonzaga College at the RDS Arena.

The Six Nations may be just 10 days away, but the World Cup in Japan this autumn looms large on the Irish rugby landscape.

Ireland’s runaway rental property bubble is “unsustainable” and is making it increasingly difficult for people on salaries as high as €50,000 to find homes, the head of a State financial agency has said.

Okay folks, it’s showtime! The late PJ Mara’s open invitation to electioneer and party would have nothing on President Michael D Higgins, writes Gerard Howlin.

Tipperary 4-15 Cork 1-14: Tipperary blitzed Cork for a crucial first win of the Munster MHC round-robin which keeps alive their hopes of progressing.

Limerick 1-17 Tipperary 2-12: Limerick drew first blood at the Gaelic Grounds with a 1-17 to 2-12 win against Tipperary in the Munster Minor Hurling Championship yesterday.

Clare 3-13 Limerick 2-9

A man who admitted providing funding to the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) is to be sentenced in June.

A man who admitted providing funding to the terrorist organisation Islamic State is due to be sentenced in June.

The approach of the Catholic Church to its responsibilities and aspirations can be baffling, writes Michael Clifford.

Malcolm O’Kelly knows a good player when he sees one, and that’s why the 92-times capped Ireland second row is unafraid to compare James Ryan to Paul O’Connell.

Offaly 3-11

A High Court challenge aimed at preventing RTÉ from airing a report into the rented accommodation sector was yesterday withdrawn.

EXOTIC names of places like Kabul, Kandahar and Khartoum were on the lips of many Irish people not only during the past 20 years but also in the 1870s and 1880s.

A Wexford man who orally raped his partner's seven-year-old son after sending the boy's mother out on an errand has been jailed for five years.

The Brexit vote has sparked renewed interest in Michael Flatley’s mansion, which is on the market for €20m.

Paul Rouse takes a look at the evolution of Gaelic football.

An investigation has been launched as nine people were taken to hospital after stairs collapsed at Tayto Park in Meath.

It was called Route 6’6”. With the stocks of tall second rows at a critically low ebb, Leinster launched the search for alternatives around about this time five years ago.

The starting point should be the person with adisability seeking help, writes Michael Clifford

Ireland is still paying a higher interest rate on national debt than Greece, Italy, and Spain, despite claims that years of austerity measures have left the country in a better position than other recession-hit nations.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said that the country can afford to pay the EU an additional €280m, after the CSO said economic growth had soared by over 26% last year.

NATIONAL Treasury Management Agency chief executive Conor O’Kelly was refreshingly candid when he appeared before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee yesterday.

Ireland doesn’t need to jump in to tap sovereign debt markets even as yields have tumbled following the shock decision of the UK to leave the EU, the head of the National Treasury Management Agency has said.

A trapped pregnant mother comforted her three, hysterical young children for up to an hour in their car after a road accident, a court has heard.

The victims of a Waterford-based paedophile who was yesterday jailed for 14 years and two months have urged anyone else who suffered abuse to come forward and tell their story.

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