Five members of a gang who terrorised a young family in 2013 during an aggravated burglary will be in court next month appealing the severity of the prison sentences they received.

A man who admitted making pornographic videos of his six-year-old disabled nephew being raped and sexually assaulted by his nephew’s father has been jailed for eight years.

Wexford snatched an injury time victory to book a Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie semi-final against champions Cork, writes Daragh O Conchúir.

The dream week for Tipperary hurling, anything but for neighbours Limerick.

A woman who was sexually assaulted by her father from when she was aged 10 to 14 years had her “childhood taken from her” by a person she should have been able to trust, a judge has said.

A former priest and music teacher who told the Pope last year he had a history of “abusing young boys” has been given a four-year prison term for indecently assaulting a secondary school student in the 1980s.

It was a horrific and violent attack on a young family that caused “catastrophic changes” to their lives and “shocked an entire nation”.

An eight-year-old girl told gardaí she thought her “daddy was going to die” when he was assaulted by an armed gang during an aggravated burglary in the family home, a court heard yesterday.

GAA chiefs are counting down to one of the most lucrative weekends of the season with 10 major games down for decision and close to 200,000 expected through the turnstiles.

The chairman of the national referees development body insists the policing of verbal intimidation is not being ignored by match officials.

The matter of pitch invasions at provincial venues will be addressed at the next meeting of the GAA’s health and safety committee. 

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Ten years ago he wouldn’t have been home for Christmas. Instead 23-year-old Chris Craig from Arizona was over here, playing with and coaching Kieran Donaghy and the Tralee Tigers. The National Cup semi-finals and final were in January and he had a team to prepare.

Former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry has failed in his attempt to have a trial relating to alleged Revenue offences stopped in the circuit court.

Independent Tipperary TD Michael Lowry has failed in his bid to have his trial halted for allegedly filing incorrect tax returns.

The circuit court will resume consideration next month of an application by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to have four summonses relating to the alleged filing of incorrect tax returns struck out.

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Claims and counterclaims have been made over whether the Port of Cork breached planning regulations by developing part of its terminal at Ringaskiddy after it was refused permission in 2008 to expand facilities there.

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An expectant mother who lost her legal battle with the HSE to be allowed a home birth is going to have her baby abroad.

An expectant mother who lost her High Court case to require health chiefs to enable her to have a home birth has been left in limbo after the HSE failed to show up for a hearing on the costs of the action.

Expectant mother Aja Teehan has lost a High Court action challenging the HSE’s refusal to facilitate a home birth for the delivery of her second child.

A mother has gone to the High Court in a bid to make the HSE comply with her request for a home birth.

A TV licence inspector has described an incident where he was assaulted on duty as the most frightening situation of his 13-year career.

A man danced around the motionless body of a 25-year-old he had just assaulted and raised his arms aloft in a “triumphant gesture,” a court heard yesterday.

A judge has ordered that a psychological report be prepared on a 57-year-old Tipperary man who pleaded guilty to the attempted coercion of the former president of Muintir na Tíre, Martin Quinn.

Two brothers defamed by the chairman of the Kilkenny Hunt who referred to them as a “pair of paedophiles” have been awar-ded damages of €30,500.

Padraig Boland is the new chairman of Offaly GAA.

THE DPP has ordered a retrial into the unlawful killing of 59-year-old Evelyn Joel.

THE man who scored Coolderry’s crucial goal in Sunday’s Leinster Club SHC final was exultant at the final whistle, understandably enough.

A MAN who threatened to kill and to cut out the eye of a sales assistant at a jewellery shop, if she continued to look at a panic button, was jailed for nine years yesterday.

COOLDERRY had an impressive six points win over Ballyboden St Enda’s in this entertaining Leinster Club SHC semi-final at Parnell Park yesterday.

OFFALY chairman Pat Teehan has warned of the dangers of allowing counties to readily challenge decisions made by the GAA’s national bodies.

A CIRCUIT Court judge “erred in law” by quashing an Equality Tribunal ruling that a secondary school indirectly discriminated against Travellers by not admitting a 13-year-old Traveller boy as a student, the High Court heard yesterday.

AS Dublin hurling has sought to climb up the national ladder, they have looked to outside experts for guidance.

A JUDGE has called on the Oireachtas to examine the possibility of mandatory positive discrimination in schools to ensure no group — such as the Travelling community — is excluded from enrolment.

OFFALY GAA officials began the process of finding a replacement for Joe Dooley as hurling manager last night. Dooley stepped down after four seasons following their championship exit to Cork, but, according to county board chairman Pat Teehan, the wheels are in motion to find a replacement.

GARDAÍ have launched an investigation into an alleged assault during an Offaly GAA game on Saturday night.