Kildare 0-16 Laois 0-16: Tommy Moolick capped off a barnstorming performance off the bench with a wonderful injury-time point to rescue a draw for Kildare at the end of a thoroughly entertaining Leinster SFC clash with Laois at O’Connor Park.

Down 3-12 Laois 1-15: Down’s ability to find the net helped them clinch promotion back to Division One while Laois maintained their league status despite defeat in Pairc Esler yesterday.

The results in PISA 2012 science tests have been hailed as testament to the long-term returns from Ireland’s investment in teacher training and curriculum reform in the subject.

The first of this year’s maths papers have been dispensed with by more than 100,000 State exam students.

THE RTÉ Living Music Festival is a still lamented post-Celtic-Tiger casualty on Dublin’s cultural landscape.

Reading with your child is a gift no matter what the format — but printed books remain the best way to develop literacy, research suggests.

It’s hard to know what was more impressive – the ruthless exhibition dished out by Galway to the students on the pitch or the marker put down by new Tribe boss Anthony Cunningham afterwards.

CELEBRITIES such as Lady Gaga talking about hair loss highlight the suffering of women and children who have alopecia.

MOST of the 53,500 Leaving Certificate maths students took ordinary level Paper 1 after lunch, but Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) spokesperson Imelda Moloney said not many of those candidates would have been jumping for joy.

Cork: The general manager of Cork’s Clarion Hotel, Charlie Shiel, is leaving the hotel after five years at the helm.

The organisation representing the off-licence trade has accused the Government of adopting a worryingly lax approach to Ireland's alcohol problem.

Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave told a meeting about the economy that Ireland’s future as a society depended on success in bringing down inflation, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

THE Government’s failure to introduce mandatory ID cards is to blame for the “totally unacceptable” level of underage drinking in Ireland, off-licence chief John Shiel claimed yesterday.

Two men defrauded Eagle Star Insurance of almost €30,000 by falsely claiming a BMW car was stolen and obtained another €25,000 for the same car by selling it on, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

OFF-LICENCE owners should be forced to restrict the sale of certain types of drink to combat excessive drinking by young people, a parents’ group said yesterday.

Edinburgh Gunners recall veteran Graham Shiel to their side for the visit of Munster in the Celtic League.

CORKS weren’t the only thing “having a pop” at the annual Irish Wine Show 2000 in Dublin yesterday.