The disdain directed at experts during the Brexit campaign — and in today’s “divorce” negotiations — might have prepared Britain’s civil service for the resignation of the permanent secretary at the British Home Office, Philip Rutnam, following an unprecedented row with his political boss, the polarising Priti Patel.

Naas' power and depth came to the fore in the second half of Tuesday’s semi-final clash with Marist College of Athlone.

The State is “bending the rules” for a convicted killer, who stabbed a student to death in her bedroom and left her heavily bleeding friend for dead, by releasing him to see family .

Longford consolidated their place in Division 3 for next year while still keeping their promotion hopes alive with a fine win over Tipperary in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park. For Tipperary, they need results in their next two games if they want to avoid relegation.

Drone delivery will be offered from two sites in Ireland by the end of the year.

Galway needed penalties to beat Mayo in atrocious weather conditions in MacHale Park last Saturday afternoon to qualify for the Connacht Under-20 Championship semi-final next weekend.

Tipperary showed all their class to come from behind and claim the two points on offer in Drogheda against Louth in Division 3 of the Allianz FL.

A victory acquired from hard work rather than flair sent TG4 All-Ireland champions Dublin home from the west with a deserved Lidl National Football League Division 1 victory.

A battling 14-man Tipperary were fully deserving of a share of the spoils with Down in their opening game of the Allianz Football League Division 3 at Clonmel Sportsfield.

A converted free by John Heslin in the fifth minute of injury-time secured a vital brace of National Football League Division 2 points for Westmeath against Clare in Mullingar on Sunday afternoon.

The outstanding Aishling Moloney kicked a point deep into stoppage-time to earn Tipperary a share of the spoils with Dublin at the end of a tense Lidl NFL Division 1 clash at Ballyboden St Enda’s.

Tipperary’s senior footballers secured their first win under new manager David Power when they withstood a late rally from a youthful Kerry team in Sunday’s McGrath Cup game in Clonmel.

Gavin Cooney hit two goals for the Banner.

A woman who survived a vicious knife attack that killed her best friend has called for an exclusion zone to prevent the convicted murderer from returning to Cork.

A new law extending the minimum jail time that murderers serve hasn’t been activated yet — so families bereaved by murder are begging Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to implement the Parole Act 2019, writes Liz Dunphy

A house that lingered unloved for years has finally reached its stunning potential, writes Tommy Barker. Pictures: John Finn.

The by-election is to replace Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald who was elected as an MEP in May.

Eve Kelliher checks out a Cork city apartment with a central location.

New research has found that the number of food staples fortified with folic acid in Irish supermarkets is continuing to decline despite its proven role in preventing severe birth defects.

"His mother's wiser counsel did not prevail at the time," noted the judge, adding that she had seen him searching for a knife in the kitchen press and told him to stay at home.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the treatment of a TG4 cameraman at a public meeting on Achill island earlier this week as “deeply disturbing”.

Rochestown murderer Peter Whelan will be locked up until at least 2025 under the new Parole Act, the Government has confirmed.

A landmark study which seeks to identify our risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and how we might respond to treatment has recruited 2,000 patients and is at the point where it should soon start producing “powerful results”.

Fr O’Neill’s held off Blarney in today’s tense Cork PIHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Rinn.

A TD has assured the grieving family of murdered Cork student Nichola Sweeney that their daughter's killer should remain locked up “until 2025 at the earliest” - once a new act takes force before the killer's parole hearing.

The temporary release of their daughter’s killer has left her family hurt and angry, writes Liz Dunphy.

The surviving victim of Rochestown murderer Peter Whelan has warned that he will kill again — after hearing that he was freed from jail on day release after serving just six years of a life sentence.

The incessant rain continued to make life difficult for both Imokilly and Sarsfields in the second Cork senior hurling championship quarter final at Páirc Uí Rinn tonight. However, it was three-in-a-row seeking Imokilly, and favourites for the title, who are through to meet St Finbarr’s in the last four.

Several decades of tweaks have added tons of character to this special house, writes Tommy Barker

A 66-year-old woman taking tablets to manage pain accidentally died of an overdose, an inquest heard.

Further significant rises will be necessary over the coming decade to tackle climate change linked to carbon dioxide, an advisory panel added.

Where that is not possible, people should "use local knowledge to swim in areas that are known locally as safe."

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have said that the orange water at Sandycove Beach today is a naturally occurring micro-alga.

The peak is expected on Thursday.

Clare fended off a strong Leitrim resurgence in the second-half as Colm Collins’s side worked their way into Round 3 of the qualifiers with a convincing win over Leinster at Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada.

When it comes to succeeding in any race, previous form over course and distance is always a big help — so it proved for Gary O’Hanlon and Angela McCann at yesterday’s Irish Examiner Cork City Marathon.

One of Dublin’s most iconic landmarks has been painted in the rainbow colours to celebrate the hosting of amateur rugby’s Union Cup at Dublin City University on June 8-9.

The Supreme Court has overturned a decision striking down a law under which a man was charged with withholding information in connection with the killing of a young man in Sligo.

THERE’S a set-back charm, on the double, to sunnily set 66, Wellington Road, in Cork city’s genteel (or, at least, regentrifying) St Luke’s Cross, between the city centre and Montenotte.

Parts of Cork have three times the rates of tuberculosis infection over other parts of the county due to different vaccination polices, a new study has claimed.

Limerick produced the first shock of the Championship at Semple Stadium with a remarkable seven-point defeat of Tipperary.