UCD 1-13 NUI Galway 2-9: Tipperary's Liam Casey emerged as UCD's last action hero at Santry Avenue where the Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup final favourites eventually edged an epic encounter.

President Michael D Higgins was among the mourners at the funeral Mass for former Ceann Comhairle and 46-year veteran of the Dáil Seamus Pattison who was buried in his native Kilkenny this afternoon.

Tom Hayes is well accustomed to challenges, hopes, and expectations.

By Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent

Cork Constitution advanced from a tough Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup tie against Shannon with a late rally at Coonagh on Saturday.

The girl was airlifted from the nearby Kickham’s GAA field to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition but pronounced dead later in the afternoon.

A seven-month-old child has died in hospital after being left unattended in a car for a number of hours on the hottest day of the year so far.

A year on from the last general election the ramshackle minority government continues to stumble from one damaging controversy to the next, writes Elaine Loughlin.

A man who was helping out a friend cut down a tree suffered a severe crush injury when the tree fell on him, the High Court heard yesterday.

UCD 2-9 Dublin 1-10:A 63rd-minute goal from substitute Sean Meade helped UCD overcome Dublin by two points in the O’Byrne Cup at Parnell Park last night.

2016 has been a year to remember and not for all the right reasons. Political editor Daniel McConnell looks back on some key events.

A “selfless” senior garda asked friends and colleagues to support two charities instead of organising a dinner to honour his retirement.

Fine Gael leadership contender Leo Varadkar has moved to quell any immediate heave against Enda Kenny, warning party rebels to back down so the Taoisseach can get on with his work.

Gardaí have made a major breakthrough in their battle against foreign-based crime gangs who have stolen hundreds of thousands of euro worth of outboard motors from marinas in Co Cork.

Three former Barclays traders have been found guilty by a London jury of conspiring to fraudulently manipulate global benchmark interest rates in a stark warning to junior bankers and a major victory for Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO).

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has relinquished three of his Seanad nominees to Fianna Fáil as part of a special deal with Micheál Martin.

James Reilly, the former children’s minister, is tipped to be among the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad.

Fine Gael’s senior party figures look set to go into ‘bunker’ mode and shy away from any blame game yet as the outgoing coalition as the party dissects the drubbing it received from Irish voters in the election.

Dozens of previously high-profile politicians are waking up to the reality today that they are no longer TDs after a second successive general election saw a seismic shift in the Dáil landscape.

Nearly half of all off-licences targeted in a sting operation by gardaí in Cork City sold alcohol to minors.

The Government has been urged to take firm action to ensure there will not be repeat this year of the type of behaviour shown by supermarkets two years ago when vegetables were virtually given away at Christmas.

Two former Rabobank traders from Britain are set to become the first defendants to face trial in the US on charges stemming from a global investigation into whether various banks sought to manipulate the interest rate known as Libor.