The return of the Contemporary Craft and Design Fair (Dec 5-9) to the RDS offers the opportunity to procure some edible extras for the stocking at the Christmas Food Emporium with over 100 small speciality food producers displaying their wares.

A gorse fire in Limerick is continuing to burn this afternoon.

My maths may be wrong, but I make Sunday the 22nd meeting between Kilkenny and Tipperary in league and championship since 2009, when the latter began bringing through their 2007 minors and established themselves as the main opposition to the Cats in senior hurling.

The surprise departure of Munster GAA CEO Simon Moroney, which was announced on Monday, means another significant vacancy will need to be filled by the association next summer.

The numbers of jockeys injured at race meetings is decreasing, research shows.

Crabs are noted for moving sideways, but Ryan Tubridy will be moving in every direction tonight, writes Evelyn Ring.

Here’s what’s going on in the world of Irish food. 

Tipperary’s 2001 All-Ireland-winning captain Tommy Dunne will manage the Premier County’s U17 team next year.

Today, June 1

A judge has ruled that handwriting experts were wrong in concluding that the signature on the will of a bachelor farmer from Limerick was a forgery.

A judge has ruled that handwriting experts were wrong in concluding that the signature on the will of a bachelor farmer from Limerick was a forgery, writes Jimmy Woulfe.

The last time Kilkenny retained the All Ireland, Enda Kenny was Taoiseach. The last time Cork retained the All Ireland, Bertie Ahern was Taoiseach. The last time Galway retained the All Ireland, CJ Haughey was Taoiseach. The last time Tipperary retained the All- Ireland, Brian Boru was Taoiseach.

Yesterday’s 12th of July celebrations North and South would have bamboozled King Billy himself.

Twenty years after the killing of Det Jerry McCabe, the survivor of the IRA attack Det Ben O’Sullivan says he has learnt to live with it, writes Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

Today, June 2

Today, May 26

Friday, May 27 is the closing date for applications to QQI accredited level 5 courses at Teagasc agricultural and horticultural colleges.

Trish Dromey reports on an old landmark building which has been surprisingly and carefully modernised.

Today, March 10

Tipperary minor manager Liam Cahill believes some former stars have “failed” their county by refusing to get involved in the coaching of underage teams.

Trading up in West Limerick could be spacious, comfortable, and energy efficient at this three/four-bed detached house at the Commons near Ballingarry.

Whatever you want, somehow, it will just appear before your eyes in a countryside haven of rest.

Remember the name Double Island.

Des O’Sullivan expects strong competition among sporting collectors for a rare nine-carat gold All Ireland medal.

The Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine is next weekend and there are lots of drinks-related events. 

Down Syndrome Ireland paid tribute to a fundraiser who died in a motorcycle crash in Co Clare, the Department of Agriculture is on alert in case deadly Asian hornets arrive in Ireland, the society wedding of the year took place over the weekend and is there something special happening with the Waterford hurlers? These are some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

The village of Ballingarry, Co Limerick played host to the society wedding of the year at the weekend when famous footballers and TV stars descended to watch Dermot Desmond’s son tie the knot with fashion designer Stephanie Smart.

Ten prisoners transferred to Irish prisons after receiving sentences in the UK have been freed because of a loophole in the law, the Department of Agriculture is on alert for an influx of deadly Asian hornets, the men who won Jose Mourinho the title, and the world awaits the name of the royal baby. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

As expected, Cork have made wholesale changes for Sunday’s Division 1 semi-final against Donegal from the team that beat Derry last Sunday.

Heavy overnight rainfall ensured that ground conditions were extremely demanding at yesterday’s Kildorrery point-to-point meeting, run under the auspices of the Duhallow Foxhounds on the Vaughan family’s lands at Rockmills Stud.

Indentured slaves, Joe Brolly called them.