The Kilfinane-native follows Paul Browne in stepping away from the Limerick panel.

Three young climate activists appeared on RTÉ’s Today with Maura and Dáithí.

The first time I joined others to protest for the safety of the planet was back in 1979 when I participated in an anti-nuclear rally at Carnsore Point in County Wexford. I travelled down from Dublin and camped with the other protestors.

They celebrated their love of the GAA and their two counties of origin when Grace O’Brien and Robert Faherty exchanged wedding vows.

To save your thumb here's our guide to what's new on Netflix this weekend.

Police on the island of Madagascar are investigating whether a British teenager deliberately threw herself to her death after escaping from a tiny two-door plane as it flew over the savanna.

Cork’s two-time All-Ireland midfielder Tom Kenny has joined John Meyler’s management team ahead of their All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final the weekend after next.

Two counties with their championship season on the line but only one that seemed in any way interested in extending their campaign as Longford cruised to victory over an insipid Carlow side

Two goals in as many first-half minutes laid the platform for favourites Meath to cruise past Carlow in Portlaoise and through to the Leinster SFC quarter-finals.

The sister of a man who died while climbing Carrauntoohil in Co Kerry last weekend has paid tribute to the “hero” father of three.

Cian O’Carroll, the solicitor for Ruth Morrissey, has described comments by Dr Peter McKenna of the HSE about the possibility of the withdrawal of screening programmes, as “vindictive.”

A mother-of-two who flung boiling water at a shop worker's face has been jailed for 18 months.

"You have to have that positive mind frame because, if you don't, you'll give up and you're going to let it win, and by God, I'm not going to let it win."

Ruth Morrissey, who was today awarded a total of €2.1m by the High Court in her landmark action, never craved the limelight, she had everything she could wish for at home.

Cervical cancer campaigner Stephen Teap is calling on the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to see if there is any way the State can step in and streamline the process under which cervical cancer victims have to take legal proceedings.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross said Ruth Morrissey’s life had been ruined and she has suffered a life sentence which she is fully aware is expected to take effect within two years and for which there is no reasonable prospect of a reprieve.

The sister of Ruth Maguire who tragically died three weeks ago during a hen party in Carlingford, Co Louth has spoken about the incident for the first time on TV.

Blogger Ruth McCourt says her website has opened up many opportunities.

An appeal has been made for information after a mother of three went missing from a hen party in Carlingford, county Louth.

Down are top of Division 3 of the Allianz Football League heading into the final round of group games, while Derry continued their unbeaten run in Division 4 this afternoon.

As the beloved 88-year-old actor/director releases another film, avowed fan John Daly selects 10 of his favourites

Longford champions St. Columba’s created history as they became the first club from the county to reach the Leinster Senior Club Final with a well deserved win over Carlow Champions Eire Og in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

After a nationwide search throughout Petmania’s 12 stores, Ireland’s largest pet retailer whittled it down to 12 finalists and taking the top spot is …

Ireland’s number one mum is Ruth Russell, whose brave little girl Alanna died last December.

There was not even a flower petal left to mark the graves of the hundreds of children who died in the Protestant mother and baby homes.

Hit series Glow tells the story of women wrestlers. But off camera, there was a female-dominated production crew too. It made for a liberating experience, Alison Brie tells Ed Power.

One of the victims of a man jailed for a series of random attacks on women in Dublin has spoken of her ordeal and the profound effect it still has on her.

The placing of people with an intellectual disability in psychiatric care, sometimes for years even though they do not have a mental illness, features heavily in the complaints made last year to the health service’s confidential recipient.

A helicopter crash in which five family members with Irish connections were killed happened after the pilot failed to turn around when entering low cloud, accident investigators said.

"The veil blew off Sian and they could hardly see the camera in the blizzard conditions but they just laughed through it all."

With ink in his veins and who once famously described himself as “a chemist by training, a shovel engineer by vocation, and a manager by desperation” is the first person in the history of the Cork Person of the Year Awards to be inducted into a Hall of Fame.

Rachel Marie Walsh narrows down the best of this year’s red carpet looks.    

Alanna turned just eight this month.

Louise James, the woman who lost her partner and four members of her family in the Buncrana pier tragedy in March 2016, has launched a legal action seeking damages from Donegal County Council. 

It didn’t take the hurlers of Dublin, Tipperary, Clare and Galway long to discover Boston’s list of priorities last Friday when they landed for the Fenway Classic Super 11s.

Helen O’Callaghan on a new cinema advert about CF

Never mind the wider implications, just look at that goal count. If, as a neutral, you weren’t wearing a broad smile at the end, perhaps hurling isn’t for you.

A well-known Irish film-maker has died from complications of motor neurone disease, just weeks after his moving account of living with the disease opened in Irish cinemas.

Latest: Tributes are flooding in for Irish film director and author Simon Fitzmaurice who has died aged 43.

How do we encourage young girls to pursue careers in STEM? Andrea Mara meets the women who think they’ve found the answer. 

SUBSTITUTE Eimear O’Doherty popped over what proved to be the winning score for Derry with eight minutes remaining in a low-scoring TG4 All-Ireland junior football championship semi-final on Sunday.

Des O’Driscoll shares his highlights for the week ahead

The Cabinet had one very special summer meeting to attend away from Leinster House as Health Minister Simon Harris tied the knot.

Motor neurone disease (MND) is like a shadowy, unwelcome guest, who has arrived at her family home and refuses to leave, says Ruth Fitzmaurice.