Clare is the worst county in Ireland to live if you’re looking for planning permission, architects claimed today.

NEARLY a third of local authorities have no architectural staff despite a government commitment to promote architectural quality in the planning process, it was claimed yesterday.

TYRONE'S Mark Harte was totally oblivious to the significance of his late, late point which reduced Kerry’s winning margin to six points and knocked the champions out of the Allianz National Football League semi-finals.

THE word from the Clare dressingroom to the waiting media was that players would not be available to talk until the match was finished - next week.

Westmeath manager Páidí Ó Sé is free to pick All Star Rory O'Connell for Sunday's Leinster football final after the midfielder was granted a temporary injunction in the High Court today.

SEMPLE Stadium in Thurles is the probable venue for next months’s AIB All-Ireland club semi-finals involving the Munster and Leinster champions.

GAA chiefs are considering staging hurling games under lights similar to the concept introduced to football for the first time in last year's NFL campaign.