JOHN STEPHENS, formerly a writer, director and producer on smash-hit TV shows The OC and Gilmore Girls says, “It really is a Golden Age of television right now.

Police said a US man has been charged with a misdemeanour for barking at a police dog.

Friends actor Matt LeBlanc has been sued for defamation by a woman who claims he made sexually-charged comments about her that were published in US magazine the National Enquirer.

COUNTY, provincial, and All-Ireland champions James Stephens put all three titles on the line at Nowlan Park on Sunday when they play Ballyhale Shamrocks in an eagerly anticipated Kilkenny senior hurling final.

AS the competitive hurling season finally kicks into gear for the 2005 season, it’s all systems go in the club semi-finals this weekend.

THE Barron Report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be a “hard-hitting” document that will “pull no punches” in its findings.

St Mel’s, Longford 2-14 St Pat’s, Navan 0-17