Taking a city break, here or abroad gives us time to stand, stare and listen, sometimes at no expense at all. 

“When you lose out on an Olympics, you tend to cry quite often.”

Cliodhna Sargent says Ireland will again put their bodies on the line today as they bid to realise their Olympics dreams.

The fixture rows dogging Irish hockey have made their way to Munster after Ireland vice-captain Cliodhna Sargent waded into the debate. 

This guy has a tip jar on his blog. A tip jar. But with 1041 houseplants as of March 29, he needs to keep the green coming into his wallet as well as his home.

The first round of the Irish Hockey League quickly descended into a nightmare for the majority of Munster sides, with Catholic Institute’s 3-1 win over Greenfields the sole bright spot.

Kanturk won the big game in Division 1 of the Munster Junior League to move into second place, two points behind leaders St. Mary’s, after their 34-15 away win over Clonmel.

Irish senior women’s coach Darren Smith says he is willing to support high performance hockey in Munster — but that the drive must come from within the province.

Cork Harlequins came from nowhere to halt Catholic Institute’s Munster title march with a shock 2-1 win at Garryduff on Saturday.

DON’T do it, Maria!

LIMERICK schoolgirl Eimear Ryan notched her first hat-trick in senior club hockey as her Catholic Institute side stunned Cork Church of Ireland in a 12-0 Munster league rout at Rosbrien on Saturday.

CLIODHNA SARGENT could be set to get an early Christmas present this weekend — her 100th Irish senior cap.

AMERICANS Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics yesterday for providing ways to understand the impacts of policy changes or shocks like surging oil prices on output, inflation or employment.

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims have won the Nobel economics prize “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”.

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A man has been jailed for four months for an assault which was at the centre of a dispute that triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent.

A man convicted of an assault at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent, is to appeal the severity of the sentence he received, a court has heard.

IT was, in the words of the Greens’ Ciarán Cuffe in 2007, akin to “a deal with the devil”.

The Greens have claimed their dramatic collapse into political oblivion is the price to pay for a "deal with the devil".

The Green Party's Trevor Sargent has been eliminated in Dublin North on the fifth count.

Trevor Sargent says he does not regret "for one minute" going into government with Fianna Fáil.

Firefighters were tackling a blaze at a popular Dublin hotel today.

TRAIPSING through a sea of organic and eye-catching produce untainted by genetic modification, John Gormley yesterday visited what could be seen as the spiritual home of the Greens.

THERE were no shocks in the Munster Junior Cup as Shannon, Scariff and Fermoy advanced.

CORK HARLEQUINS reprised their women’s ESB Irish Senior Cup glory days with a shock 1-0 victory at Ards, which leaves them flying the flag for Munster in the quarter-finals.

Embattled Taoiseach Brian Cowen defied his critics today and said he will lead his party into the March General Election and beyond.

Micheál Martin, who unsuccessfully challenged Taoiseach Brian Cowen's leadership of Fianna Fáil, has now urged his party representatives to rethink Mr Cowen's leadership.

THE Green Party believes all priority legislation, including the crucial Finance Bill, can be wrapped up in six weeks to facilitate a prompt election.

A new appeal date has been set for a man convicted of an assault at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent.

WHILE your article on GM crops (Examiner Farming, September 30) identifies several issues with Trevor Sargent’s scaremongering on genetically modified (GM) crops, it fails to inform readers that the report cited by Mr Sargent was co-authored by the founder of Genetic ID, a private US company that tests for the presence of GM products.

A GARDA suspected of leaking documents that led to the downfall of junior minister Trevor Sargent will not face criminal charges.

A FEAST of running rugby in the Aviva Stadium – unfortunately for anyone hoping for a competitive opening encounter in the O2 Challenge, all of it came from one side.

A man's appeal of an assault conviction at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent, was described today as “a matter of some delicacy” and adjourned until October.

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has warned his members that big business will seek to prevent the party getting into government.

A man appealing an assault conviction that was at the centre of a dispute which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent is seeking disclosure of all letters relating to the case.

Plans for a controversial new superdump in north Dublin were today given the green light.

A RESEARCH partnership has been launched in Limerick Institute of Technology to prove the benefits of organic milk.

A man appealing his conviction for an assault that was at the centre of a dispute, which triggered the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent, had his case adjourned again today.

Ian Bailey is to appear in court again next Wednesday in connection with the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 14 years ago

A man appealing his conviction for an assault that was at the centre of a dispute which ultimately led to the resignation of former Junior Minister Trevor Sargent has had his case adjourned again today.

A female garda who was being questioned in relation to the leaking of a letter to a newspaper which led to the resignation of Green Party Junior Minister Trevor Sargent has been released without charge.

A GARDA has been arrested as part of an investigation into the leaking of letters which led to the resignation of junior minister Trevor Sargent.

A female garda has been arrested in connection with the leaking of information which led to the resignation of Trevor Sargent.