Clare’s Tony Kelly has admitted that Podge Collins was placed in a difficult position when deciding which county panel to choose for 2017.

Gruesome details of a horrific car crash which claimed the lives of two young men as they sped through a large Limerick housing estate were recalled yesterday.

The national ploughing championships were held not too far away in Screggan during the week but around Cloona, Johnstownbridge, Kilglass, Broadford, Carbury and the general west of Kildare, the most important ploughing occasion of the year takes place tomorrow week.

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Situated just 1km north of the small hamlet of Kilbane and about equidistant (5km) from the villages of Broadford and Bridgetown, a 54-acre holding in south-east Co Clare represents very good value for a substantial parcel of ground that can be put to multiple uses.

Two men who died following a head-on road traffic collision were yesterday described by colleagues as dedicated to helping people with disabilities.

In the 60s the population in Limerick’s northside was growing, and there was a sense those people would be well served by a new GAA club.

Since the election was called, Finance Minister Michael Noonan has pounded two distinct, peculiar routes, writes Jimmy Woulfe

The death of Bryan Whelan, whose body was discovered last Saturday trapped in a cage in the River Shannon, was the second tragedy to strike his family, it has emerged

Hundreds of people have attended the removal of Bryan Whelan tonight following his tragic death last Saturday.

Born just two miles from the Kerry border, Cork’s Bríd Stack knows all about rivalry and bragging rights.

An autopsy will this morning seek to determine the cause of death of a man whose body was found in Waterford City.

Schoolchildren are spreading the message about the importance of wearing seatbelts and being visible on roads at night, and some of the best campaigns were rewarded yesterday.

Sheep farmers shot dead hunting dogs after lambs were slaughtered. The dogs, including beagles and cross-breeds, had been on a supervised hunt in Co Clare.

An elderly man has died in Co Clare following an accident involving a horse.

West Clare man Jim Scanlan said it is “devastating” for the village of Kilmihil to be losing its Garda station.

A man in his 40s has died after a road collision in Co. Kildare.

A SERIES of value-driven public auction and private treaty clearances are coming out of the traps with selling agents Downing Commercial and they include five houses, in varying stages of construction on three acres with FPP for 15 dwellings, guiding €70,000.

Water warnings have been issued by Limerick County Council this evening.

Cyclists are saddling up for a fundraising tour through one of the most scenic regions of Cork to help fight homelessness.

Three young people have today been charged with the unlawful killing of Andrew Dolan.

An investigation is underway after an explosive device was hurled through the front window of Co. Kildare home at 8pm yesterday evening.

THE final round of this season’s Dunlop National Rally Championship, the Fastnet Rally, has a new base and headquarters at the Westlodge Hotel in Bantry.

AN otter found wandering in the main street of an east Clare village bit the hand of his rescuer as he tried to the creature to water.

Gardaí are appealing for information after a fatal crash in Limerick yesterday.

Investigations are underway into two separate road crashes in Limerick and Cavan yesterday.

A woman has been killed in a road crash in Co Limerick.

GARDAÍ were last night investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered yesterday morning in a field in Co Kildare.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.

A “GENTLEMAN robber” armed with a gun told a startled postmistress “I’m sorry” twice during the course of a daylight robbery before making off with over €3,000.

Thousands of households around the country are without water today as crews battle to repair leaks, restore supplies and replenish reservoir levels.

GOOD quality pasture land, about 34 acres of it, comes with the lakeside period property Woodfield House, beside Doon Lake at Broadford, Co Clare.

THIS is going to be about a hurling man – but let’s start with some baseball.

The hurley snaps. (It reminds me of tent poles I’ve seen halved by falling fat guys, late at night, after the music has long ended at a festival). But the special spine holds it together safely.

Water will be shut off in Tulla and Broadford in Co Clare today from 11am to 4pm and again tonight from 8pm to 8am.

NEW Clare senior hurling manager Ger ‘Sparrow’ O’Loughlin has appointed Danny Chaplin as a selector.

DECLAN KIDNEY was yesterday rewarded for his achievements in 2009 by being named as the Philips Sports Manager of the Year for the third time in four years.

THE availability of David Moran could be the decisive factor when Kerins O’Rahillys and Kilmurry-Ibrickane face off in tomorrow’s Munster club football final in the Gaelic Grounds.