A CORKMAN on trial for murder allegedly rolled up his sleeve to show the deceased — a young Englishman — a “tiocfaidh ár lá” tattoo after he claimed his father had been a loyalist.

THE claim by a man accused of murder that the deceased had been burgling his mother’s house has been contradicted by the account of a witness, who said that the accused and the deceased had been out drinking together.

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THE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin has described the findings of a report which shows half of all Irish Travellers die before the age of 40 as something more akin to “a third-world country”.

A disco kiss has cost seven "properly-brought-up" young south Dublin men more than €18,000 in compensation and earned them suspended prison sentences for their various roles in serious assaults and violent disorder.

Tipperary won their first match at the Under-21 grade since 2001, beating Clare 5-8 to 0-7 in Kilmallock this afternoon, to ease through to the Cadbury's Munster U-21 football championship final.

Clare manager Paidí O'Sé will not be naming his team for Sunday's NFL Division 2A clash with Monaghan at Cusack Park (throw-in 1.30pm) until the morning of the match.

ALLSTAR Nicholas Murphy returns to the Cork team for Saturday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Parnell Park.

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The Citizen Traveller Campaign has reacted with shock to the Government's decision to shut down the campaign.