Ronan Coughlan bagged a cool hat-trick as Sligo Rovers coasted to a 5-1 win over bottom of the table UCD at the Showgrounds.

Kevin Toner’s first-half winner stretched St Patrick’s Athletic unbeaten run to four games as they dominated at the UCD Bowl.

Teenager Cian Bargary enjoyed a memorable league debut when scoring the only goal of the game to get Cork City back to winning ways at the UCD Bowl.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

Georgie Kelly was UCD’s leading scorer last season with 14 goals to greatly help their promotion push last year before his summer move to Oriel Park.

Clinical Bohemians saw off a first-half barrage from UCD to win 3-0 and move back into second place in the Premier Division.

A second-half implosion saw Cork City fall to their fifth league defeat of the season away to UCD last night.

New Ireland call-up Jack Byrne scored twice as leaders Shamrock Rovers left it late to overcome a spirited UCD side at Tallaght Stadium.

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Actor Timothy West says he has spoken openly about his wife’s Alzheimer’s because “not to do it would be dishonest”.

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A 65-YEAR-OLD woman involved in a right-of-way dispute was yesterday bound to the peace for assaulting a garda.

A COUPLE and their son appeared in court yesterday charged with harassing a farmer over a disputed right of way.

A FORMER British Midland air hostess has failed in her bid to receive redundancy payments under Irish terms, having already accepted a package under British law.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reduced the sentence imposed on an actor convicted of having ten stun guns without a firearms certificate.

An actor who imported 10 stun guns to see "if there would be a market for them here" has been jailed for two years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

An executive with the publishers of the Post group of local newspapers has today been granted a High Court order preventing his dismissa

The hotel that inspired the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers will welcome four of the cast at its million-pound relaunch tomorrow.

JEREMY WARINER of the United States won the men’s 400 metres title at the world athletics championships in Helsinki last night.