A chronic alcoholic with 64 convictions has been given “one more chance” after he was caught calling in multiple hoax bomb scares on his ex-girlfriend’s house.

County senior final action in Tyrone, Roscommon, Carlow, Tipperary and Limerick provided the GAA football action around the country today as all five finals produced winners.

THE U21 football grade has been very good to Kerry. Since its inception in 1964, the Kingdom have contested 14 finals winning nine.

GAVIN SMULLEN hit a golden goal in Navan’s Páirc Tailteann to keep Kildare’s dreams of a first All-Ireland U21 FC title since 1965 alive.

Five players will make their championship debuts for Roscommon when they take on New York in the Connacht SFC quarter-final on Sunday (Gaelic Park, throw-in 8pm Irish time).

A Galway man was today found guilty but insane of the murder of his mother nearly four years ago at the Central Criminal Court.