A Corkman caught with €32,000 worth of heroin who claimed he had only gone to Limerick to get papers for his pet chihuahua was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday.

A woman who was sexually assaulted at the age of five or six was so afraid that somebody at her wedding would recognise some sign of her being an abuse victim that she took anti-depressants just to get through the day.

Marty Morrissey was the impartial observer when Rachel Wyse did the ice bucket challenge at Croke Park yesterday.

The sky didn’t fall in. And nobody drowned, except Offaly. You couldn’t pin that on the lifeguard in charge.

Niall Quinn has jumped to the defence of Sky’s GAA anchor Rachel Wyse after a disparaging tweet posted by Joe Brolly earlier this week.

Controversial RTÉ GAA pundit Joe Brolly has been forced to apologise to Rachel Wyse after branding the Sky Sports GAA coverage ‘TV3 meets Baywatch’.

“TV3 plus Baywatch babe”? Joe Brolly has apologised for a “crass” comment about Sky presenter Rachel Wyse.

"Look at you, are you out of school even?"

RTE’s Joe Brolly is in hot water after making a "crass" comment about Sky presenter Rachel Wyse.

Former Munster rugby winger Brian Carney has been chosen to front Sky Sports’ GAA championship coverage alongside Rachel Wyse.

Sky sports unveiled its GAA coverage team this morning, with Kildare-born Rachel Wyse and former rugby player Brian Carney front and centre as presenters.

Paddy Power have been forced to suspend betting on who Sky Sports will choose to be their main anchor on their GAA coverage.

A young mother has appeared in British court charged in connection with the death of her four-month-old daughter.

A Kerry soccer club has to switch off floodlights at its grounds at 10pm each night, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

An original printing of the Proclamation, a 35mm one-minute newsreel by Pathe of the Irish Peace Congress, an important archive of documents relating to the Wyse family of Co Waterford and the medals of Comdt Larry Lardner are among the rarities at James Adam in Dublin next Wednesday, Apr 18.

Workers at a frozen pizza factory ended their hunger strike today after striking a deal with bosses over the sacking of three men.

A sacked Green Isle worker joined protesting colleagues on hunger strike tonight – despite being told his visa had been revoked and he must return home.

A former All-Ireland footballer today went on hunger strike alongside a frozen food plant co-worker over management’s refusal to reinstate or compensate three sacked staff.

A GREEN ISLE shop steward who begins a hunger strike outside the company’s Naas plant this afternoon has vowed his protest will continue until the six-month long dispute is resolved.

Desperate residents forced to evacuate their flooded homes tonight claimed they have been abandoned by officials.

POLITICAL legend Pearse Wyse, who died in Cork yesterday, was described as a man of principle who was devoted to public service.

DAVY FITZGERALD, who trains just ten miles away at Askeaton, enjoyed the biggest success of his career when Pearly Jack landed the Munster National Handicap Chase at Limerick yesterday.

IF a future star has been seen so far at Listowel this week then it is surely Charlie Swan’s One Cool Cookie yesterday.

SOME people have been suggesting that Catherine Butler’s interview in The Village magazine is a Fianna Fáil attempt to rehabilitate Charles Haughey, but publisher Vincent Brown has more reason than anyone to realise that the role played by Fine Gael and Labour in the telephone tapping was the height of hypocrisy.

TWO mothers. Between them they have three children with special needs; two in wheelchairs, one tube-fed - all desperately dependent on their doctor who is about to depart.