Last week, we learned a lot about the quality of public mourning when it is put to the test. We also had a reminder of the depressing prejudice that persists in this society, writes Michael Clifford

Neighbours of an extended Traveller family virtually wiped out in an horrific fire on Saturday morning came together last night in a show of support and sympathy.

A man whose neck was slashed when a fight erupted at a wedding has lost a legal action for damages against the hotel where the function took place.

A last-gasp Paul Murray point pinched victory for Cappoquin over local rivals Lismore at Ballyduff last night (2-16 to 2-15). It represented an amazing turnaround for Ger Manley’s men after their 23-point defeat to Mount Sion last weekend.

Waterford 3-21 Laois 0-12: A patient approach worked best for Waterford as Derek McGrath and Seamus Plunkett turned Fraher Field into a chessboard on Saturday night.

Limerick 2-15 Waterford 1-15

Clare 2-20 Waterford 0-17

Waterford SHC quarter-final: Dungarvan 4-10 Passage 2-14

Maurice Shanahan measured a last-minute free to supply Lismore with the draw they required on Saturday night to reach the quarter-finals and nudged Fourmilewater towards the relegation play-off.

Waterford SHC, Round 4: With their backs to the wall beforehand, county champions Passage came out fighting last night to claim a vital Group 1 win over Fourmilewater in a crunch fourth round clash at Fraher Field (3-18 to 1-18).

NA PIARSAIGH 0-20 PASSAGE 3-9

THE Central Mental Hospital is facing a raft of legal challenges because offenders are not being rehabilitated adequately due to chronic staff shortages, the head of the country’s most high- profile unit has warned.

Galway 4-15 Waterford 1-15

Impressed by what he saw during last weekend's 13-point defeat of Dublin, Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald has made just one change to the team for Sunday's NHL Division 1 clash with Galway at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 2.30pm).

UL 3-22 LIT 2-18, LIT Grounds (after extra-time)

Clare cantered through to the Bord Gáis Energy Munster Under-21 Hurling final with a superb display against Limerick in tonight's semi-final at Cusack Park.

The economy is in crisis, but services to people with mental illness have been in crisis since the ’80s and the consequences are all around us, writes Claire O’Sullivan.

As the Garda launches its knife awareness campaign, recent court cases offer a brief glimpse into the growing knife culture and underline the need to tackle it, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

A jury has found a Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears not guilty of murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

A Dublin man who killed a stranger with garden shears because he thought he was the devil has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court.

A MURDER suspect was yesterday remanded in custody over the brutal killing of a man in Dublin.

THE two recent Harty Cup games between Thurles CBS and Our Lady’s, Templemore, produced classic games and followers will be hoping for more of the same this weekend with the semi-finals down for decision.

Cork 1-15 Waterford 2-7

THE boy who died when his family’s mobile home was engulfed in flames on a Limerick halting site on Sunday has been named as Thomas Connors Jnr, aged six.

A FUGITIVE prisoner, jailed for killing a teenage mother following a high-speed car chase, was back behind bars last night — but not before he rammed a garda patrol car and a taxi in yet another reckless bid to escape.

AN escaped convict who suffered a broken ankle and shinbone after jumping from the third floor of a hospital window was expected to be back in custody last night.

GARDAÍ were last night searching for a prisoner who jumped out of the third floor window of a Dublin hospital where he was being treated.