There is an extremely high degree of discontent among the heterosexual bovine population, in particular among those about to be slaughtered.

Over the weekend, multiple hearts were broken across the NFL, as fringe players were told they wouldn’t be making their respective teams’ final 53-man squads.

10 teams are celebrating County Senior Football title wins this evening, after today's finals in Cork, Kildare, Galway, Westmeath, Monaghan, Offaly, Cavan, Tyrone, Carlow and Sligo.

A man whose trial for the murder of a Belfast taxi driver collapsed in 2011 will not be tried with demanding money with menaces on behalf of the INLA in Co Monaghan last year after the charges were dropped.

Horticultural research being carried out at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) is headed for outer space.

A doctor who put an old laptop in a box and returned it to a shop with a receipt for a new one and got €599 has been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Medical Council inquiry.

Joan Denise Moriarty instilled a love of ballet in Cork people, taught it to their children, and gave it a home in Firkin Crane, says Jo Kerrigan

THE motley aspirants to the position of President of Ireland prompt me to suggest that when the presidential ballot paper is being prepared, serious consideration must be devoted by the Government to providing all Irish people with the opportunity to do away with the office.

THE recommendation, by John Herriott (April 23), that the people of Cavan should nominate Sean Quinn for the position of president is excellent.

BRAIN COWEN and Brain Lenihan confirmed that Ireland is financially sound to, at least, July 2011.

A MAN alleged to have used nine identities to defraud the state of more than €250,000 has offered to plead guilty to all charges to save the state money.

CHAMPIONS Portlaoise withstood a spirited second half Moorefield rally to emerge victorious from a pulsating AIB Leinster club SFC tie at O’Moore Park yesterday.

A TOTAL of 22 Garda inspectors, including three women, have been promoted to the rank of superintendent and assigned to new stations.

SUPER-SUB Trevor Kilgallon struck for a point eight minutes into injury time to rescue defending champions Celbridge in yesterday’s Kildare SFC semi-final against St Laurence’s, on a 2-8 to 1-11 scoreline in Newbridge.

SAY yes and you’ll be left holding the baby. Say no and if they really love you, they’ll ask you again

Defending South of Ireland Championship champion Niall Kearney suffered a shock defeat in the third round of the 2009 event today at Lahinch.

THE social partners — the Government, trade unions and the employers — are currently engaged in pay talks which will have serious repercussions for every man, woman and child in Ireland.

IN theatre, when a show is over, the set is ‘struck’ — dismantled and carted off, with the stage being set for the next production.

Tyrrelspass (Westmeath) 1-7 Moorefield (Kildare) 0-7

DURING the witch-hunt to drive Bupa from our shores, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, came on national television to declare that Bupa showed no interest in providing health insurance cover for the elderly or half-crocks (as he described himself).

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 2-9 Moorefield (Kildare) 0-8

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 1-9 Moorefield (Kildare) 0-12

A 75-year-old Donegal grandfather who paid his three granddaughters "significant sums of money" to have sex with him on a regular basis has been jailed for five years by Mr Justice Paul Carney.

Marts: A 22-month old Belgian Blue X bullock that produced a carcase weighing over 409kgs (900lbs) and grade “E” has been judged Supreme Steer champion in the 2007 Slaney Foods Carcase Competition — which had a prize fund of €5,600.

GARDAÍ are bracing themselves for retaliation after a serious criminal escaped death in one of four shootings in Dublin in little over 12 hours.

A CREW of intrepid Munster fans could yet launch themselves across a storm-tossed Irish Sea in a bid to make Saturday’s crunch Heineken Cup decider in Cardiff.

Antrim 2-6 Cavan 1-15

Cavan 0-11 Antrim 0-11

Two new stamps have been launched to mark Cork's status as European Capital of Culture.

Tyrone take on the University of Ulster Jordanstown today in Section A of the Dr McKenna Cup.

The Antrim side for tomorrow's Dr McKenna Cup clash against Cavan is depleted as Joe Quinn, Paul Close and Niall Ward have fallen victim to the flu.

A drug dealer who read law textbooks in prison today claimed he had not been given adequate time to defend himself in a trial two years ago.

THE three national champions dropped from the High Performance Squad after failing to turn up for the first training session after Christmas will rejoin the squad in the middle of the month, but won’t be going to the European Championships - the first of the Olympic Qualifiers.

ANDY LEE took his first step towards Olympic qualification with a fourth round victory over up-and-coming Patrick Murray from the St Matthews club in Ballyfermot to retain his middleweight title at the Star National senior boxing championships finals at the Stadium last night.

Roscommon 1-18, Kildare 0-19 (after extra time)

Laois 2-13 Kildare 1-13

Kildare boss Padraig Nolan has axed several players ahead of Sunday's NFL tie with Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Kildare have made several changes to their team for Sunday's National Football League opener against Cavan in Newbridge.

Angry scenes followed the jailing of a Dublin man in the Central Criminal Court today when relatives of two murder victims lunged at the accused and had to be restrained.

The families of two murder victims clapped and cheered when a Central Criminal Court jury today found a 27-year-old Dublin guilty of firearms charges.

A Central Criminal Court jury retired to a hotel tonight after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a Dublin man charged with firearms offences.

The prosecution has closed its case in the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a Dublin man charged with firearms offences.

A witness in a firearms trial today told the jury that it was not the accused who paid him for a second-hand car later linked to the murder of two young men.