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Ireland fans streaming out of Wembley are pretty happy with themselves after they broke a RWC record and saw Ireland rack up six tries. Peter O’Dwyer caught up with some of them.

If you’ve ever dreamed of being a Viking for a day then look no further — Vikings actor Moe Dunford is searching high and low for someone to join him on set as part of a charity drive to tackle homelessness.

See the Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon in photos and videos; Take a look inside Apple’s European headquarters in Cork; and it’s time to get Cork Airport flying again Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A look inside Apple’s European headquarters in Cork; Nurses refuse to oversee private carers; and Benjy, the ’gay’ bull from Mayo is playing the field. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

A 500% increase in the number of home repossessions; the shooting of a former IRA commander; the appeal by a doctor found guilty of assaulting police officers while under the influence of a date rape drug; a special report on whether the recovery is starting to flower on the high street and how Cork learned traditional hurling formations were a thing of the past. Catch up with this evening's top and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A former IRA commander has been shot dead in Belfast, a man attending an east Cork wedding has died after being hit by a car, former Cork captain Tomás Mulcahy says the hurlers need to improve by 200%, and the musician Bressie has called for a Yes vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum. These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Retail recovering on Irish high streets, Cork's oldest gay bar closes, Bingham wins World snooker championship and Bressie writes about marriage equality. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

"Xanadu" has often been a word associated with strongholds, from the original centre of Kubla Khan’s empire to a media mogul’s imposing mansion in Orson Wells’ 1941 classic Citizen Kane.

Cork hurling boss Jimmy Barry-Murphy is to remain in charge of the Leesiders for a further two years, it was confirmed tonight.

Following the abysmal showing of Australia’s international rules side last October and the subsequent promise that it wouldn’t happen again this year, it appears the Aussies have kept their word by naming an exceptionally strong squad.

With Championship 2014 drawing to a close last week and Kilkenny joining Kerry as kingpins of their respective codes, a curtain was brought down on this year's action.

With Michael Duignan espousing the view that the game has never been in a better state and Donal Óg Cusack suggesting the quality has almost doubled in the two years since he’s left the scene, this year’s All-Ireland championship was another year to saviour.

Having contested one of the most dramatic All-Ireland finals in living memory Kilkenny and Tipperary are set to do battle once more this evening.

Crossmaglen co-manager John McEntee has branded Dromintee’s decision to field a severely depleted team including three players in casual clothing as an “absolute disgrace”.

As the closing stages of the classic All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Kilkenny was unfolding on the hallowed turf of Croke Park, two men that know a thing or two about hurling’s biggest day were bringing the drama to thousands from high above in the stand.

Anthony Daly has stepped down as down as Dublin senior hurling manager after six years in charge.

Donegal’s remarkable 3-14 to 0-17 victory over Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final is the biggest shock in Gaelic football for a decade, according to Kevin McStay.

By Peter O’Dwyer

The players of Mayo and Kerry have been overlooked in the decision taken by the GAA to stage the All-Ireland semi-final replay in the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

Former Derry All-Star Kevin McCloy has thanked the “life-saving efforts” of medical staff who assisted him after he collapsed in a club game last week and lost consciousness.

The Cork underage hurling set-up is riddled with serious structural deficiencies that the proposed €70m renovation of Páirc Uí Chaoimh will do nothing to rectify, according to former Cork goalkeeper Donal Óg Cusack.

The late American journalist Heywood Broun once said that sport doesn’t build character - it reveals it.

A visibly emotional Seamus Hickey nearly broke down in tears during a post-match interview in which he was named man-of-the-match following Limerick’s narrow defeat to Kilkenny in the All-

In a repeat of the 1973 and 2007 All-Ireland finals, Kilkenny and Limerick again go to into battle this afternoon with a place in another September showpiece up for grabs.

With 13 wins from their last 14 games against Ulster opposition for Donegal, Armagh have done well to keep their name from the list of beaten and battered teams left strewn across the northern province to date.

By Peter O’Dwyer

By Peter O’Dwyer

There’s romanticism about Kerry and Galway clashes that makes today’s clash an enticing prospect, especially considering that it’s been six years since the last in championship football.

By Peter O’Dwyer

Cork football manager Brian Cuthbert has made six changes to the side that was humiliated by Kerry in the Munster final three weeks ago for the qualifier clash with Sligo this weekend.

Former inter-county stars Tomás O’Sé, Owen Mulligan and Dermot Earley have come out in support of Dublin footballer Eoghan O’Gara after accusations of biting an opponent in Sunday’s Leinster final were levelled against him.

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to, not after this World Cup. For ever and day we hear of how things were better long, long ago and how really the present is a pale shadow of the past.

Opportunity must be fond of Wexford hurling for rarely one to knock twice, it almost kicked thE championship door in for Liam Dunne’s men to clamber through last week.

By Peter O’Dwyer

Former Cork footballer Paudie Kissane has admitted that his role with the Clare senior footballers has changed his perspective on the controversial Munster championship seeding system.

Munster have made 11 changes to the side that lost to Toulon in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup for their penultimate league game against Edinburgh.

By Peter O’Dwyer

Cardiff Blues Number 8 Robin Copeland was yesterday sent off in his side’s victory over Scarlets.