Cork’s city councillors have approved four variations to the city development plan, paving the way for the delivery of almost 150 social housing units, including a downsizing scheme for the elderly.

Tears flowed freely as the heartbroken sisters of the teenager killed in a car crash on the northside of Cork city last week promised that her memory will never die.

It was the late Garrett Fitzgerald who made Munster one of the world’s best rugby clubs and instilled the values that forged lifelong bonds between former Munster players, according to Ronan O’Gara.

Ireland Club XV last night beat Scotland Club XV 22-17 at Energia Park to retain the Dalriada Cup and win the 2020 Club International Series.

Greg O’Shea says his commitment to his Irish sevens team mates was always going to override “two weeks on television” as the Love Island winner looks ahead to potential Olympic qualification.

The Kerry-based hotel group behind the last-minute legal challenge to the €50m state-funding package for Cork's event centre has been accused of lodging a “nasty, vexatious, commercial ambush” on the stalled project.

Ireland Club head coach Gearoid Prendergast has made two changes to his starting line-up for their return game at home to Scotland.

No AIL, no Ireland Under-20 success. Noel McNamara has stressed the importance of club rugby to the success of Ireland’s age-grade player pathway, as his side bids to continue the winning start to its Six Nations title defence.

Despite the gulf in class between the sides in last year’s table, Ireland U20s forward coach Colm Tucker expects Scotland to come out with all guns blazing at Musgrave Park on Friday evening (RTÉ Two, 7.15pm).

"I hope we never have to do it again," said winning manager Tommy Butler.

Young Munster's Alan Kennedy has been named as captain.

Tom Ahern is making the leaps and bounds you might expect from a long-striding 6ft 9ins lock but the Munster second row’s progress through Ireland’s age-grade ranks is just as impressive as his performance levels.

It was no surprise that new Clare hurling boss, Brian Lohan, picked a player in his own likeness as captain for the year ahead. John Conlon may inhabit a different end of the field than the Banner legend did during his playing days, but the differences between the two end there.

British Airways flight BA-274 left Las Vegas in the US at 4.40am Irish time and was due to land at London’s Heathrow Airport at 2.55pm.

Crowley, who won the AIL Try of the Month award for December, is one of three Munstermen to face their home province.

Munster defence coach JP Ferreira is the first to acknowledge that Faf de Klerk and Craig Casey are at contrasting points in their careers but he can think of nobody better than the World Cup winner for the young Limerick scrum-half to follow.

Antoinette Corbally, 48, and Clinton Shannon, 30, were shot outside a house in Ballymun on August 16 2017.

Love them or loathe them, Saracens have played a big part in Munster’s celebrated European journey.

On foot of the huge success of the inaugural Eatyard Wine & Cheese Festival last summer, Eatyard’s Winter Wine & Cheese Festival, kicks off this weekend.

St Breckans from North Clare will meet Kerry’s Templenoe in the Munster Club IFC final after a well-deserved victory over Tipperary title-holders Moycarkey-Borris at Lisdoonvarna yesterday.

Christy Mullins had the first win in the renewal of the Johnny Holland Cup at Bauravilla where he beat Seán Murphy by over a bowl of odds.

Cork Constitution came good during the final 10 minutes to overcome Terenure College 13-10 at Lakelands Park and move top of Energia All-Ireland League Division 1A.

Ireland’s Shannon McCurley has won a silver medal in the scratch race on day 1 of the European Track Championships in the Netherlands.

Leinster retained the IRFU Women’s Interprovincial Championship with a 25-12 win over Connacht at Energia Park - the first time they have won back-to-back titles.

When rugby went professional — officially, at least — in 1995, Shannon won the first of their four-in-a-row AIL titles.

Dr Geoffrey Shannon advised the Government that DNA samples can be speedily taken by way of a voluntary administrative scheme and without the need for new legislation.

DNA samples can be speedily taken from survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home without the need for new legislation.

Peadar Toibin, the Meath West TD, stood up in the public gallery during the call-over of cases and said he wished to inform the court that some named defendants had not been served with and had no knowledge of the proceedings against them

Employees at a drugs’ manufacturer which was put into administration are hoping to make an unusual plea under the social responsibility charter of a former owner.

Munster A opened their Celtic Cup campaign with a share of the spoils with Ospreys this evening at Musgrave Park.

A body representing Ireland’s insurance brokers has hit back at claims the profession is involved in anti-competitive practices, after the Government announced an investigation into the public liability insurance market.

Two of Ireland's U20 Six Nations winners are among the four players added to the Munster Academy for next season.

A 41-year-old Shannon native has had to move house twice since his child pornography downloading offences were made public.

Gardaí were last night awaiting the results of an autopsy before deciding what direction their investigation would take in relation to the death of a toddler who sustained critical injuries in a Cork city apartment.

The nephew of a bachelor farmer from West Cork has failed in a legal challenge to the uncle’s will, which left his home and farm to a neighbour.

Close your eyes, open your ears wide, click your heels three times and you could be in the Maracana.

When Clare and Limerick face off in the Gaelic Grounds tomorrow it’s another instalment in a long rivalry.

June is drizzling down all over, and the mayflies have gone into hiding in the bushes around my backyard slice of Lough Derg, at Killaloe.

As is often the case in matters as sensitive as those facing the Mother and Baby Homes Commission conflicts of interest arise.

Parties are joining forces to mount demonstrations and voice opposition to US President Donald Trump's planned visit to Ireland next month.