With multiple times British champion jump jockey Tony McCoy judging the Racehorse to Riding Horse class at last week’s Dublin Horse Show, he chose Forpadydeplasterer, shown by Joanne Quirke, Ashbourne, Co Meath as this year’s winner.

A casual encounter with a girl in a night club sparked what a judge described as “a callous and cowardly” assault in which a college graduate had his face kicked in.

The families of some of the eight men killed in a road crash in Co Donegal almost six years ago have expressed their frustration with the remit of the coroner’s court after a unlawful killing verdict last evening from a jury hearing the case.

Clonfert has become the first West of Ireland diocese to “import” priests from Nigeria to take up ministry.

Trish Dromey hears there is phenomenal interest in this Killarney elevated property at Ardagh, needing completion.

A Kerry businessman involved in a planning dispute has said he intends to pursue “to the bitter end” his campaign for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office had handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

The DPP is to appeal against the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people.

A man has been jailed for two years and disqualified from driving for 10 years for causing a crash which killed eight people in Inishowen.

The sentencing case of a 26-year-old Donegal man, who has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight men, is continuing in Letterkenny.

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A senior fire officer has warned people they face an "invisible threat" when dealing with barbecues.

A woman is in a critical condition in hospital after been engulfed in flames at a family barbeque.

An independent local election candidate has received the support of six TDs and a number of senators in his bid to have the ombudsman reopen his case against Limerick County Council.

A Limerick man's remains are expected to be brought home in the coming days after he died in hospital in Toronto.

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The country’s newest bishop has prayed for two little girls who were allegedly raped by a homeless man last week.

The country’s newest bishop today prayed for two little girls who were allegedly raped by a homeless man last weekend.

His name is 'Fionn the Irish Terrier'.

Twenty men have begun studying for the Catholic priesthood with a variety of qualifications already behind them.

A priest who has worked as a teacher and school principal has been appointed Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois.

A judge has asked legal teams to “get their heads together” to allow one of Ireland’s most serious alleged dangerous driving cases to go ahead.

Church authorities spelled out their opposition to planned abortion legislation during a meeting with the Government yesterday.

Although modest outside, Stoneacre, Kenmare was built and finished to an exceptional standard by two interior designers who had made it their professional calling card. Below right: Adare’s 16,500 sq ft Winterwood was Limerick’s big sale at €1.78m

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DESIGNED as territories of spiritual and temporal control, Ireland’s diocesan structures date from the Synod of Kells in 1152. The bishop was a spiritual ‘capo’ and a lord who ruled.

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The minister for Social Protection is the latest in a line of politicians who have questioned Cardinal Seán Brady’s role at the top of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Surgeons were last night attempting to reattach a man’s arm after it was sliced off in a workplace accident yesterday morning.

Communities will be involved in any plans to radically reorganise the amount of dioceses in this country, according to the summary report presented by the Vatican team who visited the country last year.

Kildare qualified for their first All-Ireland Vocational Schools football final thanks to goals in each half from Kelvin McNally and Emmett O’Keeffe at Ardagh, Longford on Saturday.

PRESSURE is mounting for official Government inquiries into the response to child sex abuse in all Catholic dioceses after Church-sponsored audits showed serious failings by numerous bishops.

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

SIX separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published tomorrow.

THE Vatican is believed to be meeting resistance from Irish archbishops to its plans to cut the number of dioceses by up to a half — meaning the country would need fewer bishops.

Gardaí are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a post office in Ardagh, Co Longford.

THE Great Southern Trail promises to be one of the finest long-distance waymarked walks in Ireland.

THE finances of most dioceses around the country are flagging as collections and Mass attendance figures plummet, it has been claimed.

LIMERICK Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins has launched a campaign to have all of west Limerick brought back into the new Limerick (county) constituency.

A SETTING in the woods with water views, and a bit of period-style Victorian trimmings in a small and well-formed parcel, are key points in favour of Arda Hunting Lodge, at Ardagh, Union Hall, west Cork.

THE sole survivor of the country’s worst road crash that claimed the lives of eight men in July has been interviewed by gardaí.

PAUL DOHERTY will be the first of four of the victims to be laid to rest today, when his remains are taken from his home in Ardagh, Ballyliffin, Clonmany, to St Mary’s Church, Clonmany, for a funeral at 10am.