Clare secretary Pat Fitzgerald has pointed the finger of blame for some of the county’s senior hurlers’ failings this year at “a small cohort of players”.

Dublin businesses have called on the Government to treble its spending on infrastructure.

CBC (Cork) 2-7 St Flannan’s College (Ennis) 0-11: A first Dr Harty Cup campaign in almost a century for Cork’s Christian Brothers College will continue into the new year after they booked a quarter-final spot with a battling win over St Flannan’s at Kilmallock yesterday.

A targeted tax credit for firms employing fewer than 10 people could create 80,000 new jobs at no net cost to the exchequer and reduce the current unemployment rate to 6%.

Visiting fans spent €11.5m in Dublin while attending the Ireland versus England rugby match in March — €2.2m of which went on drink.

Dublin city centre office rents experienced the sharpest contraction during the economic crash but are recovering at a faster pace than anywhere else in the capital, a report indicates.

An undercover garda who posed as a boy-racer at a late night car rally said that if one of the cars performing ‘doughnuts’ had spun out of control, "it would have resulted in carnage".

Clare 5-19 Tipperary 1-25

A new strategy to increase the number of tourists visiting Dublin by 60% by 2020, almost doubling tourism revenue to €2.5bn, is welcome, according to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Esther McCarthy looks at a golden opportunity for winter style and designer Carolyn Donnelly explains why this limited collection is so special.

A collection designed by one of the country’s foremost fashion designers is set to hit the shelves next Monday, but fashionistas are urged to be quick if they want to snap up this gilt-edged opportunity.

Cratloe defeated Lissycasey 0-13 to 0-7, having led by 0-5 to 0-4 at the break, in a Clare SFC round two game at Clarecastle .

We’ve forgotten about it while they laugh about it now but back when Conor O’Shea was playing, an unimpressed George Hook publicly touted the theory that O’Shea must have been the subject of a frontal lobotomy, such was the poverty of his vision and decision-making.

AER LINGUS has stated it will not be resuming services to the west coast of the US in the foreseeable future, despite speculation to the contrary.

CLARE managers Gerry O’Connor and Donal Moloney have made three changes from the side that crushed Kerry in the opening round in April for tonight’s Munster joust with Tipperary.

THE Government remains committed to radically reforming the Junior Certificate by 2012, with the growing possibility that a mixture of continuous assessment and “objective” external tests will make up the new exam.

SENIOR Aer Lingus cabin crew member Gwyneth Quin became one of the latest airline employs to be removed from the payroll in the continuing rostering dispute.

NINE counties were represented among 20 qualifiers who lined up for the GVM All Ireland €2,500 commercial championship at last week’s Cappamore Show in Co Limerick.

BUSINESS leaders in Dublin have warned there will be job cuts after the city council voted through stiff increases in commercial rates for companies and shops.

In spite of Ireland’s lacklustre 6 Nations finish, the Irish economy at least walked away from the tournament with over €75m this year, according to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

IRISH designers said it has been a successful few days for business during London Fashion Week, despite concerns that the week has failed to attract big international buyers.

GARDAÍ must not allow another planned Love Ulster parade to pass through Dublin unless it can guarantee there won’t be a repeat of the violence that cost businesses €10 million last year.

DUBLIN Chamber of Commerce has criticised the Government’s decentralisation policy as flawed and a waste of money that could be put to better use.

Celtic chairman Brian Quinn has urged supporters not to participate in “unwelcome” chants at football matches in the wake of new UEFA directives.

POLICE in the Bronx are investigating the murder a well-known GAA coach in New York.

Michael Ellard and Brendan Larkin

The British Government has published the rates it will pay farmers for animals slaughtered because of foot-and-mouth.

British vets have confirmed animals slaughtered on a farm next door to the establishment suspected of being the source of the foot-and-mouth outbreak did have the infection.