A pulsating and absolutely magnificent All Ireland intermediate hurling club championship final eventually went the way of Tullaroan at Croke Park this evening.

Kilkenny champions, Tullaroan, opened and finished in style when blasting their way into the All-Ireland intermediate club hurling championship final.

From Christmas Day swims to Christmas tree flings, there’s no excuse to be a couch potato this festive season, with lots on offer to get you and your loved ones up, out, and on the move, writes Susan O’Shea.

Tullaroan made sure of a silver finish to 2019 as they added the Leinster intermediate club title to the trophy cabinet.

Any delays to the €100m upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange will have “disastrous consequences” for Cork’s growth and have knock-on effects for key infrastructural and housing projects.

The €100m Dunkettle interchange upgrade is under threat with the Government considering halting work due to spiralling costs.

The credibility of the Government, elected or permanent, around major projects is not beyond question.

The Irish Examiner, RedFM, The Echo and 96FM are taking on the challenge of the King of The Hill Sprint Triathlon taking place at Dock Beach in Kinsale on Saturday, July 27.

Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley’s controversial hold on his European seat is set to come under intense scrutiny this evening when a party colleague formally challenges him for the role.

Fianna Fáil MEP Brian Crowley’s controversial hold on his European seat is set to come under intense scrutiny this evening when a party colleague formally challenges him for the role.

A woman being sued over a one-sixth share of a €3.38m Lotto win by her stepson has told the High Court the winning ticket was hers and did not belong to a syndicate.

A solicitor who represented a woman being sued over a one-sixth share of a €3.38m Lotto win has told the High Court that there was no mention to her that a house was being transferred to her client’s stepson instead of cash from the windfall.

Man in court case seeking one sixth of €3.38m Lotto winnings

A man suing his stepmother for a €560,000 share of a €3.38m Lotto win has denied he was given a choice between a house or €200,000 from the win.

Irish Examiner Sport continues its extensive build-up to Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final with a bumper edition podcast.

The Republic of Ireland know that victory over Italy in their final group match at Euro 2016 will secure a place in the last 16 of the competition.  

Euro 2016 is now in full swing and sports journalists and fans Peter McNamara, Denis Hurley and Mike Sheehan give their thoughts on what has impressed and underwhelmed so far.

It was launched just over a month ago, but a West Cork community’s visionary ‘buy-a-brick’ scheme has already raised one-third of a €15,000 target — money which will be put towards the cost of a job-creating entrepreneur incubation complex.

Outside of the players nominated for PFA player/young player and team of the year, we look at those unsung heroes who have toiled without reward in 2015/16. 

’He checked himself out of hospital to attend those funerals. That’s the kind of person he was’ - Michael Moynihan looks at the life of Danny Bowe, first aid man with Mount Sion GAA club in Waterford

Bridgehill is a quality house in a special setting, says Tommy Barker.

Steve Neville (@SteveNeville_), Robert McNamara (@whatrobdidnext) and Peter McNamara (@PeterMcNamara_) discuss Newcastle United, the Premier League’s bottom team.

Steve Neville (@SteveNeville_), Robert McNamara (@whatrobdidnext) and Peter McNamara (@PeterMcNamara_)  look ahead to Ireland against Argentina.

Steve Neville (@SteveNeville_), Robert McNamara (@whatrobdidnext) and Peter McNamara (@PeterMcNamara_) ask if Wayne Rooney should be dropped to the bench for Man United’s clash with Everton at the home of the Toffees.

Steve Neville (@SteveNeville_), Robert McNamara (@whatrobdidnext) and Peter McNamara (@PeterMcNamara_)  discuss if Jurgen Klopp can rally a Liverpool side ravaged by injuries at White Hart Lane. 

A former professional racing car driver has launched a new pocket-sized breathalyser on the Irish market.

BUSINESSMAN Kieran Corcoran is living proof of the success of a new community-based medical response project which has been rolled out across Cork and Kerry.

FINE GAEL has selected a Polish woman to contest the next local elections in a west Cork town — with the party confident there are sufficient fellow nationals alone to elect her.

OPEN air markets champion Darina Allen has backed traders who face prosecution after defying a town council to hold a market without a licence.

HOPES of bringing an end to repeated flooding in a west Cork coastal town have been dashed.

HIGH noon came yesterday when Dublin’s landmark Burlington Hotel closed its doors.

The Redheaded Vulture, a bird that thrived in South Asia feeding on the dead, is itself dying out.

STREET-DRINKING is to be banned in a West Cork town to curb loutish and drunken behaviour.

VINTNERS and gardaí are to join councillors in Clonakilty on a special committee to help combat public order offences in the West Cork town.

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CLONAKILTY’S town councillors have clashed over whether a public order and vandalism problem exists in the west Cork town.

Robby Coleman, the 20-year-old Cork driver had several reasons to celebrate today.

SUNDAY’S racing at Mondello Park will be dominated by the Fiat Punto Abarth Cup and the famed Leinster Trophy race.

An Australian union has threatened to ground Oasis on their current tour Down Under.

Colin McRae dominated the Punchestown Rally Experience and at the end of the six timed runs, he had 14 seconds to spare over Irish Tarmac champions, Andrew Nesbitt/James O’Brien (Subaru WRC).