A man who almost died twice after being stabbed 17 times says he wants to become friends with his attacker after he received a letter of apology from him from prison.

David Murphy and Arthur McDonagh contest next Sunday’s Munster senior final at Grenagh.

David Murphy gave a bowling masterclass in yesterday’s All-Ireland senior final at Grenagh, to beat Ulster champion Thomas Mackle by a bowl of odds.

Offaly 3-11

The price-tag for actor and comedian Pat Shortt’s home has been further reduced to €1.2m — less than half its purchase price of €2.7m during the boom.

Gardaí suspect he had been in a row with the gunman in the days before the shooting.

After a woman threatened to reveal all about a sexual encounter she had with a married man, he beat her to death with a hammer, a prosecution barrister told a jury at the Central Criminal Court yesterday.

Wanting to help his girlfriend led to an invention with global possibilities, Dr Aonghus Shortt tells Trish Dromey.

A new book shows how the Rosc exhibitions were hugely influential, writes Alan O’Riordan

Pat Shortt and Ruth Bradley star in a new comedy drama from the makers of much-loved TV show, Pure Mule, writes Esther McCarthy

Gerard Barrett tells Esther McCarthy that his new TV3 drama ‘Smalltown,’ explores his love of and concerns about rural Ireland. 

Francis Brennan’s Grand Indian Tour begins tomorrow on RTÉ One.

A man who sexually abused his daughter nearly every day for 10 years has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with one suspended.

Thomas Mackle won his first All-Ireland senior bowling final with a solid performance against Killian Kingston at Lyre yesterday.

A young woman who was sexually abused by her father nearly every day for 10 years said she felt like an animal the day her father cornered her in a shed and tried to have sex with her.

Tipperary 2-17 Offaly 1-15: Michael Ryan declared himself pleased with his first outing in charge of Tipperary’s senior hurlers, as the Premier County scored a five-point victory over Offaly in yesterday’s Templemore challenge outing.

Clare 3-26 Offaly 0-15

Match of the day in a busy weekend of divisional senior hurling championship games was the Mid Tipp clash of county champions, Thurles Sarsfields and divisional title-holders, Drom-Inch at Holycross yesterday.

The Tipperary county board may yet turn to the CAC in their bid to have Seamus Callanan’s red card against Offaly overturned.

New figures show that comedian Pat Shortt’s production firm, Short Comedy Theatre Co Ltd trebled its profits to €83,336 last year, resulting in accumulated profits jumping to €771,821 at year end.

“I’m a Tipperary man, and this is a Kilkenny man, and this is what we’ll be hoping to do on Sunday.”

The 162-year-old history of Limerick School of Art and Design was celebrated at the weekend when leading alumni returned to recognise the contribution of their old alma mater to the Irish world of art and design.

Even when you are at the top of your game professionally, making presentations at conferences and seminars is something to be “worked at”, according to Alan Shortt, a comedian turned media skills trainer.

The appointment of the chief executive of Limerick City of Culture 2014 could cause reputational damage to the city, a councillor has claimed.

RTÉ presenter John Murray has told listeners how depression once made the day ahead for him something to endure, rather than enjoy.

Ryan Tubridy has revealed he is excited at the prospect of a chat show head-to-head with Pat Kenny, summing up the challenge with: “Bring it on.”

Beleaguered former billionaire Sean Quinn was an outspoken guest of honour at the launch of the Ballinamore Family Festival in Co Leitrim yesterday.

Edmund Sexton had an astonishing last shot win over Éamon Bowen in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig, with Raymond Ryan off the pace in third.

Life’s A Breeze (12A) might have Pat Shortt on its poster but Lance Daly’s (Kisses, The Halo Effect) film centres on Fionnula Flanagan’s grouchy pensioner and debutant Kelly Thornton’s sullen teenager, using the Tipperary comedian for occasional comic effect.

A Co Galway company, founded to provide a software product to analyse and interpret patients’ blood tests, is entering the British market and is anticipated to achieve turnover of €20m by 2020, writes Trish Dromey

A jury has been read the suicide note of a teenage girl who said she was repeatedly sexually abused by her mother’s partner.

A jury has been read what was intended to be a suicide note of a 15-year-old girl who claimed today that she was repeatedly sexually abused by her mother’s partner.

THE lounge singer Dixie Walsh keeps on keeping on.

Colm Keaveney, essentially a member of the opposition, chaired a meeting of the Labour parliamentary party at the weekend. Michael Clifford reports

One of Ireland’s funniest men, Pat Shortt, is laughing all the way to the bank with his main firm recording profits of €379,245 last year.