An exhumation will take place shortly in the grounds of Cork Prison in the hope of discovering and identifying the remains of War of Independence volunteer Thomas Kent.

Many people in the upper echelons of Fianna Fáil, including then taoiseach Albert Reynolds, were aware of a £50,000 donation to former minister Pádraig Flynn which was never put in Fianna Fáil’s coffers.

Developer Tom Gilmartin was a chief tribunal witness who was granted immunity from prosecution and revealed demands of corrupt payments from senior Fianna Fáil figures to facilitate the building of his retail park in Dublin.

CARLOW IT claimed the IRCU Division 1 title with a very impressive 30-17 win against Athlone IT at the CIT campus, Bishopstown yesterday evening.

PERCHED along the railings in front of election counts around the country, the hawk-eyed tallymen use their keen vision and strong concentration to spot every movement of the ballot boxes below.

A father of two who sexually assaulted a girl and had sex with her while she was aged between 13 and 15 years old has been given a seven-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A 59-year-old father-of-three with no previous convictions was told by Judge Patrick McCartan, "going to prison at this late stage in your life will be difficult", when he gave him a 15-year-sentence for drug dealing.

SCIENTISTS have been awarded an £850,000 (€1m) grant to come up with a plan to stop hens pecking each other.

FORMER taoiseach Albert Reynolds allegedly got the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to block developer Tom Gilmartin’s plans to acquire lands for a proposed shopping complex, the Mahon Tribunal heard yesterday.

The son of a retired Garda took to the stand in the Special Criminal Court today to say he had brought a Garda hat into the house of a father of 10 accused of IRA membership while playing with the accused's son during Halloween.

A father of 10 accused of IRA membership denied under oath having any items in his house worth destroying when gardaí conducted a search of the house, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

A t-shirt saying "I'm a bomb technician- if you see me running try to keep up" was found in the house of a father-of-ten accused of IRA membership, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Shannon have appointed former player Ian Sherwin as assistant coach to Mick Galwey for the upcoming season.

A Kildare man who was arrested as part of a Garda Special Branch investigation into the activities of dissident republicans was granted bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

Former Fianna Fáil national organiser, Sean Sherwin, has told the Mahon Tribunal that he informed Albert Reynolds when he took over as party leader in 1992 that Tom Gilmartin claimed to have given £50,000 to Padraig Flynn.

RUGBY commentator Jim Sherwin is to retain his number one slot with RTÉ. Mr Sherwin and RTÉ announced yesterday that legal proceedings that he initiated had been settled.

Fianna Fail’s national organiser, Sean Sherwin, faces a six-figure legal bill after losing his battle for costs in his High Court libel action against the Sunday Independent.

The Fianna Fail organiser Sean Sherwin has won his libel action against the Sunday Independent.