A carer who became the first person in Ireland prosecuted for assisting suicide has talked about her relationship with her deceased friend and the times she faced questioning from gardaí.

UCC 1-8, UCD 1-5: If UCC go on to win the 2017 Fitzgibbon Cup, they may return to this game as a reference point.

Tom Curran and his partner Marie Fleming unsuccessfully campaigned to allow him assist her to die. He tells Caroline O’Doherty why he is now risking jail by disclosing that in fact he did assist her to die in 2013

Gail O’Rorke, who was recently found not guilty of helping her friend to end her life, has said that she had been convinced she was going to jail.

Kilkenny 4-12 Dublin 2-16: Kilkenny advanced to the semi-finals of the Bord Gais Energy Leinster U21 Hurling Championship after defeating Dublin by 4-12 to 2-16 at Parnell Park last night.

Dublin edged out Tipp in an entertaining senior hurling challenge last night. 

Gail O’Rorke said she collapsed and “screamed and screamed” after she was told she would be charged with assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde.

FATE DEALT Bernadette Forde savage blows, but the State also ensured that her final days and hours were lacking peace of mind, writes Michael Clifford. 

Tom Curran, the widowed partner of Marie Fleming who lost a landmark case on the right-to-die, has accused the DPP of ignoring the Supreme Court’s wish that guidelines be introduced to set out when people who help their loved ones to die would face prosecution.

Right- to-die campaigner Tom Curran has said the trial of Gail O’Rorke for assisting the suicide of her friend should never have taken place.

A woman has been cleared of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend by helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

A jury in the trial of a woman accused of helping her friend take her own life has been ordered to find her not guilty on two of the three charges against her due to a lack of evidence.

A woman accused of helping her friend take her own life told gardaí that another person was with the deceased when she took a lethal dose of barbiturates.

A woman accused of helping her friend take her own life denied to gardaí she knowingly paid for lethal drugs for the deceased.

There are some hints that the trial of Gail O’Rorke differs from the usual criminal proceedings to be found in the court system.

The trial of a woman accused of assisting her friend’s suicide has heard the deceased’s nephew had “no problem” helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of assisting the suicide of her friend has heard the recorded last words of the deceased.

All-Ireland Sevens: Hosts Kilmacud Crokes captured their first One Direct All-Ireland Senior Hurling Sevens title at Glenalbyn on Saturday, recording a 6-21 to 7-5 win over Portroe of Tipperary in the decider.

Dublin 1-17 Laois 1-10

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

A 42-year-old woman is to stand trial charged with assisting in the suicide of a multiple sclerosis sufferer in Dublin two years ago in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.

The novel southside derby in today’s Dublin SHC final ended in a 2-10 to 0-9 victory for Kilmacud Crokes over Cuala at Parnell Park.

Clare boss, Eamonn Fennessy described the dramatic conclusion to this pulsating tie as “heartbreaking”, after his young charges saw two massive decisions go against them, enabling Dublin to snatch the honours.

Trinity College Dublin justified their favourites tag with victory in Saturday’s Trench Cup final at Dangan.

A CONTROVERSIAL refereeing decision four minutes before the break changed the course of this Leinster MHC semi-final at Wexford Park on Saturday which Kilkenny triumphed on a 2-19 to 2-13 scoreline over Wexford.

SOMEHOW, despite everything, Kilmacud soldier on.

THE most famous victory in the history of the Kilmacud Crokes club?

A STORMING second-half, powered by the magnificence of Mark Vaughan and Brian Kavanagh, sealed Kilmacud Crokes’ seventh Dublin SFC title at Parnell Park yesterday.

SATURDAY evening in Tullamore provided further irrefutable evidence of how these counties operate at underage hurling level.

JOHN MINNOCK is one of the few that truly knows how Michael Murphy feels right now.

JIM GAVIN has backed several of his Dublin U21 players to be future stars after qualifying for a first final at the grade since 2003.