Armagh manager Paul Grimley is confident that the team that throttled Wicklow can get the required result against Leitrim in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Carrick-on-Shannon (throw-in 5pm).

Cavan 1-15 Armagh 1-11

Cavan will have two Championship debutants in their team when they host Armagh in Sunday's Ulster SFC preliminary round tie at Kingspan Breffni Park (throw-in 2pm).

Doctors differed yesterday on alternative cures offered by herbalists and other non-medical practitioners.

The Irish Medical Organisation last night said presidents of the organisation were unaware of how their annual allowance was calculated.

The president of the Irish Medical Organisation has admitted he should have done more to find out about the contract terms of the union’s former chief executive which left him with a pension entitlement of up to €25m.

Doctors voted yesterday against Croke Park II proposals which, they claimed, aimed to impose large pay cuts and much longer working hours on them.

The Irish Medical Organisation has renewed its call on doctors to reject the revised Croke Park Agreement.

An external company is to carry out a review of George McNeice’s tenure as chief executive of the Irish Medical Organisation.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has written to members outlining the legal reasons it says are behind its decision to reject a request from disenchanted doctors for an extraordinary general meeting.

The Irish Medical Organisation is considering reducing membership fees in an effort to contain the fallout from the row over a €10m pension package paid to its outgoing chief.

The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has axed the committee that signed off on a gold-plated deal that could have cost the union €25m once its chief executive retired.

Just how much Health Minister James Reilly knew of the deal behind a potential €25m pension pot for a union chief will form part of a review into the controversy.

A meeting of the Irish Medical Organisation, the doctor’s trade union, was held in Mullingar at the weekend to discuss the deal that it struck with its chief executive, George McNeice.

Hundreds of doctors are expected next weekend to express their anger at a €10m pension payout to their union’s outgoing chief executive.

More than 800 junior doctors have sent Health Minister James Reilly fake airline boarding passes, claiming cutbacks mean emigration is the only option they have left.

The number of people infected by a bug that causes anything from mild tummy upset to kidney failure has jumped dramatically this year, according to the latest disease surveillance report.

Before gaelic football became gaelic fistball, under-age coaches used to continually inform their young charges that “the ball moves faster than the man”.

Oisín McConville revealed Crossmaglen players have been hurt by being overlooked for places in the Armagh team.

Emigration has ravaged clubs nationwide and, despite their unparalleled success, Crossmaglen Rangers have not been immune to the drain on resources.

A minister for public health should be appointed in light of startling new figures showing the hidden impact of Ireland’s unequal society on the health of the poor.

The HSE's early retirement scheme has resulted in shortfalls in the health service, Irish Medical Organisation leader Dr Paul McKeown warned today.

Garrycastle boss Anthony Cunningham expects Crossmaglen to use all of their know-how to win Saturday’s All-Ireland club SFC final.

Crossmaglen are all but certain to contest captain Stephen Kernan’s second-half dismissal, which threatens to rule him out of their second successive All-Ireland final on St Patrick’s Day.

IRRESPECTIVE of how many Ulster titles they’ve won, few have been as convincing as Crossmaglen’s latest witnessed at the Morgan Athletic Grounds yesterday.

Ulster Club SFC final: Crossmaglen 2-11 Burren 0-10

SNAKES, turtles and lizards may not be everyone’s ideal pet, but now reptile fans are being warned not to keep them if they have children under five in the house due to the risk of contracting serious illness.

DON’T let your child lick the spoon when cooking or baking with duck eggs because of the salmonella risk, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has warned.

Armagh will have the fit-again Ronan Clarke at full-forward when they take on Ulster rivals Down for the Allianz NFL Division 2 title at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 2pm).

MEDICAL experts are reporting a significant surge in the winter vomiting bug in nursing homes and hospitals around the country.

HEALTH workers and heroin users have been put on alert over the possible circulation of a deadly batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax, which has already claimed seven lives in Scotland.

ARMAGH defender Aaron Kernan is hopeful that the long-running search for a new senior football manager will be done and dusted within the next fortnight.

KERRY minor boss John Kennedy hopes his charges will feed off the All-Ireland colleges success of Coláiste na Sceilge, when they open the defence of their Munster MFC crown in today’s quarter-final against Tipperary, (Semple Stadium 6.30pm).

Kilmacud Crokes 1-9

FIRST things first. Pat Gilroy’s recent comments that the All-Ireland club championship should be condensed into a calendar year are illogical, unfounded and unworkable.

THE incidence of cryptosporidium is much higher in rural Ireland than in the more urbanised east of the country, the first national study of the water-borne disease shows.

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 4-12 Drom-Broadford (Limerick) 0-6

A five-point haul from Oisin McConville was the difference as Crossmaglen Rangers secured their seventh Ulster Club SFC title at Brewster Park in Enniskillen today.

Crossmaglen have received a boost ahead of their Ulster club final replay against Ballinderry on Sunday.

John McEntee will be free to play for Armagh champions Crossmaglen Rangers in Sunday's Ulster Club SFC final replay against Ballinderry Shamrocks after successfully appealing his sending-off in the drawn game.

MALARIA cases in Ireland are increasing, particularly among children, the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has warned.

DONAL MURTAGH had every reason to be proud of Crossmaglen Rangers’ sixth AIB Ulster Club football title win in Newry yesterday, having successfully carried on the torch from Joe Kernan and proving him as successful a manager as he was a player.

AN unusual flea outbreak has led to a fumigation operation in Listowel, the Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed yesterday.

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