Almost 200 students from more than 30 different countries have applied to live in Ireland’s first ‘rainbow housing’ initiative, student accommodation specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

A 53-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after an Irish tradesman was killed in a horror crash in Sydney.

Bill Shanley owns 18 guitars, a number he feels is just about right.

New Dublin senior hurling boss Pat Gilroy should be in a position to name the rest of his management by the end of next week.

Dublin GAA chairman Sean Shanley has admitted that the county’s strict policy on not paying managers has led to some figures being turned away in the past.

The Dublin hurling camp is “totally disgusted” at being forced to play Tipperary in their own backyard this Saturday, writes Eoghan Cormican.

The Dublin hurling camp is “totally disgusted” at being forced to play Tipperary in their own backyard this Saturday.

A man who killed his partner’s ex-husband, who died from a knife wound to a varicose vein after a row on Christmas Eve, was jailed today.

A 48-year-old father of three bled to death after receiving a knife wound to a varicose in his leg on Christmas Eve, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 48-year-old father of three bled to death after receiving a knife wound to a varicose in his leg on Christmas Eve, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A woman whose south Dublin home featured on RTÉ’s Room to Improve programme has settled her damages claim against presenter architect Dermot Bannon; the show’s producers; and the firm that carried out works on her property.

A man who admitted killing a 42-year-old man on Christmas Eve two years ago is living with the deceased’s widow and child, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Fermanagh 0-19 Wexford 1-11: Fermanagh boss Pete McGrath has called for a repeat of the second-half performance that condemned Wexford to a five-point qualifier defeat at Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday.

Kildare 0-9 Wexford 0-8: Cian O’Neill’s response when asked if this felt like a win, was telling.

Kildare just about held out at the end of a pedestrian game to set up a Leinster semi-final with Westmeath or Offaly.

The operators of a business selling food and beverages to visitors to Glendalough have launched a High Court action after a rival allegedly parked a van directly in front of their premises, resulting in its closure.

Waterford 0-11 Wexford 0-12: An irate Waterford manager Tom McGlinchey remonstrated with referee Shane Hehir on the full-time whistle after Wexford squashed their promotion aspirations.

Limerick footballer Pa Ranahan has criticised the scheduling of the county’s senior football championship.

Philly McMahon will miss January’s Division 1 opener against Kerry after choosing not to pursue his challenge of a one-match ban arising from an incident in last month’s All-Ireland final.

Dublin defender Philly McMahon has so far escaped sanction following claims of eye-gouging Kieran Donaghy in the All-Ireland final.

Mary Black plays live in the open-air courtyard of the 2,500-acre Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw, Waterford, on Saturday, September 19, as part of the Comeraghs Wild Festival. Tickets are €27.50 and on sale from www.comeraghswild.com 

Dublin Board chairman Sean Shanley confirmed there will be no further appeals following the reduction to €6,500 of their fine for July’s infamous challenge match brawl with Armagh.

Dublin chairman Sean Shanley said they will in all likelihood contest Diarmuid Connolly’s red card in an attempt to make him available for Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Dublin chairman Sean Shanley says Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney’s claim that they are more physical than northern teams is laughable.

Sharks, paramedics, and the Lusitania - a varied mix of TV tips tonight.

In the most emphatic terms, Pa Horgan has talked up Cork’s scoring prowess after their stunning 13-point turnaround victory over Dublin.

Half of the country’s secondary schools continue to give foods high in fat, sugar and salt to students — despite calls for healthier options.

A girl aged around 10 was picked up in a car and sexually assaulted by a priest who said he was looking for directions in West Cork.

A decision by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, that a primary school principal who took early retirement was constructively dismissed, has been upheld at Limerick Circuit Court and the amount of compensation has more than doubled. 

RTÉ has confirmed it plans to axe the television news programme Morning Edition after two years on air.

Dublin vice-chairman and county coaching officer Sean Shanley has rejected Anthony Daly’s claims that "hurling wastelands" in the capital are being neglected.

Danny & the Deep Blue Sea, Chancery Lane Theatre, Dublin

A serial conman who once telephoned RTÉ’s Liveline to talk about his crimes has lost an appeal against a four-year jail term for theft and other offences.

A serial conman who once telephoned the RTE 'Liveline' show to talk about his crimes has failed in an appeal against his four-year sentence for theft and other offences.

A Dublin couple who spent thousands on a dream wedding in a romantic village in northern Italy discovered two years later that they were not married at all, a court has heard.

Castleknock 1-10 St Fintan’s 1-05

Brid Ní Neachtain relishes playing a disciplinarian head nun in the Pulitzer Prize-winning parable, says Colette Sheridan

Serial fraudster Frankie Shanley told a court yesterday that he wants to move on with his life.

A judge said the Court Service was independent of him and he was independent of it when he refused a request to order the handing over of district court audio tapes.

EVEN today, Frankie Shanley’s name sends echoes in the direction of Keith Finnegan. More accurately, his name seems written in invisible ink on the strange invoices that still pop through the letter box of the Galway Bay FM broadcaster.