It’s rare that a door closes without another one opening so when the chains were wrapped around the gates of Casement Park in 2013 it fell to Corrigan Park, less than two miles up the road in West Belfast, to host the county footballers. Eventually, anyway.

Antrim senior football manager, Lenny Harbinson, has labelled the inertia around the crumbling Casement Park stadium an “absolute disgrace”, after their defeat to Tyrone in the Ulster Championship quarter-final on Saturday.

Brexit is creating uncertainty for the food industry across the border, but it’s well worth a visit writes Michelle Darmody.

"If you don’t win, you’re not remembered" — Andrew O’Shaughnessy

“After 30 years, it’s time to tell us what you know.”

A 28-year-old man was assaulted on Castle Street in Ballycastle at around 2.30am this morning.

A pregnant woman in her 20's has died in a house fire in County Antrim.

In a compelling documentary about coroners’ inquests, families have opened up about the sudden, unexplained, and violent deaths of loved-ones.

The fun starts early. The motorways up from the west are busy — so busy that by the time the toll-booths near Enfield are hit, the cars are queuing back five and six deep even though it’s not even close to noon.

Mythical scenes from the hit fantasy drama Game Of Thrones have been immortalised in a spectacular 77-metre tapestry.

Scenes from the hit fantasy drama Game Of Thrones have been immortalised in a spectacular 77m tapestry.

Denied victory in last week’s third round of the British GT Championship at Rockingham by a controversial penalty, Cork’s Matt Griffin turns his attention to tomorrow’s World Endurance Championship (WEC) second round at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.

Leslie Williams experiences Ireland’s oldest distillery – Bushmills in Antrim. Plus he visits the top tourist sites along the way.

Esther N McCarthy gets us winter ready.

Conor Whelan’s only focus right now is Galway’s Leinster quarter-final meeting with Westmeath on June 5 – but he would like to see his county get a fairer shake in the province.

A 5-16 to 1-11 win for London, over Carlow, was the big story in Division 2A of the Allianz hurling league yesterday.

I hope, when the refugees are being divvied up in Ireland, that the stretch of north-west Mayo along the Wild Atlantic Way, from Ballycastle to Bangor Erris, is not forgotten, as is usually the case.

Police Co Antrim are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman in a house in Ballycastle.

There has been only one Irish winner of the An Post Rás in the last decade and that trend is unlikely to change this year, writes Brian Canty.

The chairman of the national referees development body insists the policing of verbal intimidation is not being ignored by match officials.

A young couple whose lives were shattered by a freak tragedy have become the public face of a campaign to keep late-night revellers safe on Irish roads.

A County Antrim man whose brother was left fighting for his life after he punched him, has pleaded guilty in an Australian court.

Antrim 0-19 Offaly 2-17

Antrim 1-12 Limerick 0-23: Limerick’s hurlers got their first win of the 2015 Allianz League Division 1B campaign with a hard-fought 0-23 to 1-12 win over Antrim at Ballycastle yesterday.

Wexford retained their patience well as they eventually wore down Offaly by 2-15 to 0-12 at O’Connor Park.

Limerick hurling’s bright young star Cian Lynch is capable of rolling with the punches at senior level, according to his Patrickswell club-mate Gary Kirby.

Offaly manager Brian Whelahan has revealed how Rory Hanniffy played through 2014 with three knee fractures and lined out against Tipperary in the Championship ‘against all medical advice’.

It was a point stressed in the midst of last summer’s run to the All-Ireland final.

The 401st King of Killorglin was presented to the press yesterday at a ceremonial unveiling on Rossbeigh Strand.

A 71st minute goal saw Offaly rob victory at the death with a two-point win over Antrim in the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers at Ballycastle this afternoon.

A result that suited both counties: that’s how Antrim boss Kevin Ryan saw this fixture when his team, having been first out of the drum in the draw for the first round of the All-Ireland senior hurling qualifiers, then got Offaly.

The 2010 All-Ireland Champions Tipperary will meet either Kilkenny or Galway in Round 1 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Qualifiers.

A seven-year-old boy has died after falling from cliffs in the North, police said.

A Polish man has died in a diving accident in Co Donegal.

A witness told the Central Criminal Court yesterday the man accused of murdering Sandra Collins 14 years ago told him that she accidentally fell into the sea while he was with her at Killala Pier.

Antrim 1-17 London 2-7

Antrim are top of the new-look round-robin style Leinster Senior Championship following a 0-23 to 2-11 win over Westmeath this afternoon, while London and Carlow played out a 2-17 apiece draw in Ruislip.

LEINSTER SHC ROUND ROBIN:

Offaly v Kerry, HL Division 1B

Antrim 1-18 Offaly 1-14

Antrim 1-18 Offaly 1-14

The Cork County Board insist nothing could be done to avoid the clash between their hurlers and footballers’ Division 1 fixtures next Sunday afternoon.