More than 180 lots of rare Irish and English silver from Jimmy Weldon collection, writes Des O’Sullivan.

A Dublin man whose DNA was found on a number plate used in a car bomb attack at Newry courthouse in 2010 was jailed for four years yesterday by the Special Criminal Court for membership of a dissident terrorist organisation.

If you want an engagement ring to rival those of Natalie Portman’s and Reese Witherspoon’s, there’s one about to go under the hammer in Ireland.

Des O’Sullivan says a full house is guaranteed at popular Hibernian sale.

An obsession with ‘clean’ eating is more than just taking a healthy diet too far, reports Joyce Fegan.

As she releases a new book, Fay Weldon, 84, tells Hannah Stephenson why she believes feminism has been bad for women and worse for men

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Two judges on the New Zealand version of the X Factor were fired last night after being accused of bullying a contestant live on air.

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I admire Health Minister Leo Vardkar’s proposed new drinks bill to set a minimum price for alcohol to decrease drinking and improve our health.

A 43-year-old mother of two who fell down during a funeral at a North Dublin graveyard, injuring her wrist, has settled her High Court action for damages.

WE’RE notorious for alcoholism, but we Irish are also becoming addicted to sex, fuelled primarily by online porn, which is easily accessed by smartphones.

Team Montenotte produced their best basketball of the season to stun UL Huskies in the Women’s Premier League final at the Neptune Stadium yesterday.

WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE CUP FINAL:

The Women’s Premier League semi-final clash between Team Montenotte and DCU Mercy on Sunday is sure to capture the imagination of basketball fans in the capital.

Defending Premier Women’s champions UL Huskies will be eager to seal the regular season trophy when they host DCU Mercy at the UL Arena tomorrow.

Anyone who has been to Upper Glanmire or the UL Sports Arena to watch the two most dominant forces in women’s basketball tussle each other won’t have been as wide-eyed as the casual observer, held in thrall by UL Huskies and Glanmire at the National Basketball Arena last night.

WOMEN'S NATIONAL CUP FINAL:

UCC Demons warmed up for Friday’s National Cup final against Dublin Inter with an impressive 80-73 win over UL Eagles in the men’s Premier League.

A man who drove off in his car while a woman had her hand in the door, causing the tip of her finger to be cut off, has been fined €1,500.

UCC Demons ended their Belfield hoodoo in style by trouncing UCD Marian 104-64 in the men’s Premier League on Saturday.

A science student will launch a record-breaking attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean next year.

A science student will launch a record-breaking attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean next year.

Defending champions Bord Gáis Neptune will be without key point guard Roy Downey for tomorrow’s Premier National Cup quarter-final against DCU Saints at Neptune Stadium.

Killester will be hoping to keep their unbeaten record intact when they entertain fellow unbeaten Premier League side Bord Gáis Neptune at Clontarf tomorrow.

Bord Gáis Neptune had to come from behind to deny Belfast Star 75-72 in a pulsating Men’s Premier League game yesterday.

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As events, and my 12-year-old girl would have it, I’ve just spent back-to-back Saturdays in the Parochial Hall on Cork city’s northside.

UL Eagles may have been shocked by DCU Saints in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday night but their ladies team have a chance to exact some revenge as they qualified for Nivea Women’s SuperLeague final against DCU Mercy.

You know the line: “We’re just concentrating on our own game...”

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He’s still only 36, but basketball’s Women’s Superleague coach of the year James Weldon has already been coaching for half his life. The trick? Continually pushing himself outside his comfort zone in the search for new methods and insights, even if that’s an obscure tournament in eastern Europe. The UL Huskies coach doesn’t do down time.

The number of gambling addicts is on the rise due to the explosion of online betting in Ireland.

Friday night lights for basketball’s blue riband finals. Good idea or pandering to TV?

Packets of Nurofen Plus are being consumed daily by an increasing number of people addicted to painkillers, according to the clinical director of the country’s largest private addiction rehabilitation clinic, who says withdrawal symptoms for Nurofen Plus are similar to what heroin addicts experience.

White-collar workers and welfare recipients are the heaviest users of benzodiazepines — used to treat anxiety and insomnia.

No, she’s not related to him. She might be a Galvin, from Finuge, that plays football for Kerry with an astonishing intensity rampaging between the half-back and half-forward lines, so she can understand why you would assume that connection but, as it happens, they’re don’t really know each other.

UL Eagles completed the double in Women’s SuperLeague when they had a hard-earned win over Team Montenotte in the league decider at the National Basketball Arena last night.

It’s a friendship that will firmly be parked outside the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght tomorrow night.

UL would win by 37 points, a record-winning margin. They held DCU to just 27 points, another cup final record.

THE expected pairing for the Women’s SuperLeague National Cup final came together at the weekend when the raging hot favourites, UL, defeated former champions Montenotte Hotel Cork 71-59, and defending champions DCU Mercy, coasted to a 68-30 win over 11890 Killester in the other semi-final.