Former Mayo footballer David Brady has shone a light on the culture of paying managers at club level.

Long after the final whistle and Donegal boss, Declan Bonner, was trying to process how his side were caught on the line in Saturday night's Allianz League opener in Ballybofey.

More than 30 motorists suspected of breaking road traffic laws walked free from court today without any sanction after a judge struck out all of their cases.

Stephen Cluxton has been named Footballer of the Year for the first time in his career.

Piotr Baram has been homeless in Ennis for a number of years. He was walking down the street in Ennis when he was knocked over by a bullock that had broken loose from the mart.

Dublin are on the brink of history and already have seven SFC wins to their name this summer, and John Fogarty reflects that in his August All-Stars. But how do the other counties fare?

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So Mayo poked the bear, and the bear reacted by consuming them whole. In eight blistering minutes after the interval, Dublin turned a two-point deficit into and an eight-point lead.

If you weren’t glorifying, you were gulping.

A blitz of 2-6 in 11 early second half minutes inspired by Con O’Callaghan and Paul Mannion sent Dublin into a fifth straight All-Ireland final.

Getting the match-ups right has gone a long way for Kerry and Mayo in recent years. We think of Aidan O’Mahony on Michael Murphy in the 2014 final, Lee Keegan on Enda Smith in the 2017 All-Ireland quarter-final replay and just last weekend Patrick Durcan tagging Ryan McHugh.

In first-half injury time, with Mayo having pushed their advantage over a spluttering Donegal from two points down to six up, Fionn McDonagh hit Donegal’s Jamie Brennan with a ferocious, fair shoulder to win possession right in front of a heaving Gerry McDonald stand.

Andy Moran kicked two injury-time points to ensure his Mayo side sealed a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals as they withheld any notions of Donegal comeback.

John O’Mahony and Conor Mortimer have taken issue with the blame apportioned to goalkeeper David Clarke for Mayo’s restart difficulties.

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.

Former Donegal footballer Brendan Devenney expects Declan Bonner’s men to dump Mayo out of the championship this Saturday but believes Donegal, along with Kerry and Tyrone, are playing for second place thereafter, as Dublin will not be toppled.

A door to door broadband salesman who was jailed for seven months in June for carrying out a sexual assault on a disabled Co Clare woman in her 50s in her own home has escaped jail on appeal.

A man who suffers from panic attacks and caused over €3,000 worth of damage when trying to free himself from a jammed lift today walked free from court.

A judge in a family law court has directed that Gardaí be made aware of “hugely criminal” abuse allegations concerning an 11-month-old baby boy.

A judge has banned a Bus Éireann driver from driving for one year after stating that he “is a danger on the road”.

A 70-year-old Limerick man has been returned for trial concerning an alleged sex assault on a 12-year-old boy in the toilets at Dunnes Stores in Ennis last year.

A 40-year-old Co. Limerick man has appeared in court concerning an allegation that he asked an elderly lady for a "blow-job" over the phone.

Here’s John Fogarty’s low-down on the final eight for the Sam Maguire Cup.

Collateral damage or a typically tigerish season? This evening’s all-or-nothing duel with a county they have not beaten in five league and championship games will go a long way to defining Mayo’s 2019.

A judge has thrown out of a noise pollution claim by a Gort woman against a Christian Church concerning the disturbance from loud drums and amplified music by Church goers below her apartment.

So far the evidence would suggest Mayo are going down a similar route to 2017 for their qualifier odyssey.

Judge Patrick Durcan visited the bedroom of Sandra Broderick as part of the judge’s judicial field trip into her noise pollution row with a Christian Church.

A judge has told a 40-year-old man who lives rent-free with his mother that she would be better off getting rid of him out of the house and taking in a lodger instead.

A judge has jailed a door-to-door broadband salesman for seven months for carrying out a sexual assault on a disabled woman in her 50s in her own home.

Mayo manager James Horan has made three changes for their Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final against Roscommon on Saturday.

Mayo captain Diarmuid O'Connor has missed out on the Mayo team for their Championship opener in New York.

An ‘animal lover’ today escaped criminal sanction after admitting harassing a man he suspected of cruelty to a horse.

A north Clare farmer today escaped jail after a judge heard that he had complied with a 24-hour ultimatum that all sheep be removed from the farmer’s brother’s land.

A judge has told a north Clare farmer that if he hasn’t removed by tomorrow 14 ewes and their lambs from a one and a half acre field owned by his brother, he will be sending him to jail.

A woman whose humanist marriage was described as "mumbo-jumbo" and "away with the fairies" by a district court judge has had her four-month jail term lifted on appeal.

A judge has ordered the arrest and taking into custody of a man who told his estranged partner that she had a "nice smell of perfume" as the two exited a family law hearing.

A wife whose face was beaten ‘black, blue and purple’ by her husband has told a court “I know now I have no ‘boss’ or no one beating me or torturing me for my money”.

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Two Limerick brothers today appeared in court charged with the double rape of a young teenage girl in north Clare two years ago.

A 20-year old Limerick man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Jamie Higgins at a Shannon night-club in March of last year.

'I am putting a curse on you. I will light a candle that your family will die and you will suffer grief in the next 12 months...I will take pictures.'

A 10-year old boy who has recently had suicidal thoughts is to spend Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning with his mother after a judge stressed that there should be no disturbance to the boy’s Christmas routine.

A judge said today “it wasn't a swim job, it was a paddle job” after hearing that a nearby river was only one foot deep where Gardaí apprehended a 25-year-old escapee.