Eoin Kelly insists comments he made during his 2010 All-Ireland winning captain’s acceptance speech were not aimed at former Tipperary manager Babs Keating.

Don’t get caught in a verbal crossfire with Dara Ó Briain unless you have the cajones for it. He will outgun you every time, as the front row discovered at the comedian’s Crowd Tickler show at the Marquee in Cork last night.

With the property sector starting to boom again and more jobs on-stream, wages are rising and bankers are popping champagne. Kyran FitzGerald is experiencing a bout of deja vu.

Some of the world's top 'bloggers' will attend a major conference in Dublin from today.

The survivors of the ‘battle of Christchurch’ gathered in Dublin on Saturday night to swap old war stories.

An impressive season for province and country has earned Munster winger Simon Zebo nominations for both Player of the Year and try of the year, from the Irish Rugby Union Players’ Association, (IRUPA.)

Cian Healy, Nick Williams and Simon Zebo are the choice of their peers in Ireland’s Rugby Players Association to form the shortlist for the Hibernia College IRUPA Players’ Player of the Year award 2013.

While Hollywood star Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, claimed he had no idea how much last night’s charity premiere and party for his Lincoln movie would raise for the Wicklow Hospice Foundation, insiders said they believe it will generate a six-figure sum.

Dublin became a part of Hollywood yesterday when movie stars, directors, celebrities and fully paid-up members of the glitterati attended the European premiere of the new Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln in the city’s Savoy Cinema.

Despite a reputation for being an intense and reclusive actor, Daniel Day-Lewis responded unexpectedly when he received a birthday card, Caroline O’Doherty reports

The Irish golf industry is not just focused on its overseas clientele and Fáilte Ireland will next Tuesday turn its attentions to homegrown golfers when it hosts a free Golf Promotion Night in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel, between 6pm and 10pm.

Fianna Fáil has spoken candidly about its past and is ready to move on, according to party leader Micheál Martin.

When Kilkenny and Galway finished all square in their initial All-Ireland hurling final meeting four weeks ago, there were more than a few writers who leaned instinctively on that brilliant old quote about how a draw was like kissing your sister.

In Lenny Abrahamson’s film What Richard Did, a private school rugby hero commits a very public act of violence, says Pádraic Killeen

Paddy McBrearty admitted he was too laid-back in his preparations for Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

Children are becoming the hidden victims of the recession, with the number of minors needing help for mental health problems surging 30% in two years.

Ireland’s celebrities lined up last night to honour three people for their tireless charity work in Ireland.

Sinn Féin has called for a “junket crackdown” after new figures showed a cash-strapped local authority spent almost €300,000 on visits, trips, conferences, and seminars in two years.

THE Taoiseach has spoken of the challenge of dealing with big political events while mourning the passing of his mother and said he understands that “lump in throat” feeling families are faced with every day.

Etihad Airways is holding a recruitment drive in Dublin this morning from 8am in the Burlington Hotel.

IT WAS supposed to be a night of celebration for Fine Gael, and Enda Kenny insisted that was exactly what it would be.

Coillte Chief Executive David Gunning is coming under fresh pressure to accept a 15% pay cut requested by the Government.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND goalkeeping coach Alan Kelly says everyone going to the Aviva Stadium tomorrow night can expect a performance and a result from Giovanni Trapattoni’s side to seal the deal of qualification for Euro 2012.

THE Professional Footballers’ Association of Ireland (PFAI) is to set up a referees’ seminar as calls for more communication between players and match officials arose following Sunday’s FAI Ford Cup final.

MORE than 90 jobs have been created in marine research and the seafood processing sector.

Etihad Airways is looking to expand its Irish workforce by at least 100.

Dublin GAA chairman Andy Kettle was certainly a proud man as he savoured the Metropolitans' first All-Ireland SFC success since 1995 at the Burlington Hotel last night.

Dublin goal scorer Kevin McManamon has described the "complete joy" after winning yesterday's thrilling All-Ireland SFC final win over a much-fancied Kerry side.

JOE SCHMIDT savoured a major success in his first season as a head coach and hailed Heineken Cup final man of the match Jonny Sexton as one of the reasons he joined Leinster last summer.

A YOUNG Clare man who turned a €10 bet on the Grand National into a €650,000 win in one of Ireland’s top poker competitions still thinks he might be back at work next week.

INCOMING Taoiseach Enda Kenny is asking for a “gigantic leap of faith” from the Irish people to trust their government and political leaders to write a new chapter in the country’s history.

Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny is facing a one-week deadline to form a new government after Fine Gael romped to an historic victory in the 2011 general election.

Ireland’s incoming Taoiseach will begin sizing up options for a new government today after his Fine Gael party made an historic election breakthrough.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has tonight vowed to begin efforts to renegotiate Ireland's €85bn bailout next week.

MICHEÁL MARTIN cast aside friendship and a lifetime of party loyalty to announce he no longer had confidence in Taoiseach Brian Cowen to lead Fianna Fáil.

FIANNA Fáil’s decision to cancel its Christmas dinner was welcomed by a former chair of the annual bash and party TD who said the event could have been seen as politicians having a “posh nosh” meal during the present economic emergency.

PFAI general secretary Stephen McGuinness has warned against a return to ‘cash culture’ in Irish football.

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny has said the public services are “too expensive” and that his party won’t be “a prisoner” to powerful unions.

Daniel Goulding's impressive nine-point haul in yesterday's All-Ireland SFC final win over Down helped him earn the coveted man-of-the-match award award.

FOR decades, it’s been an integral part of All-Ireland winning weekends for Cork’s hurlers and footballers – the rail ritual that began at Kent Station on a Saturday afternoon and, more often than not, concluded with the Liam MacCarthy Cup and Sam Maguire trophies returning to the train station on Monday evening.

THEY may have won 26 All-Irelands, but last night Tipperary’s players and back-room staff came together with supporters to celebrate as if this year’s was their first.

TECHNOLOGY distributor Business Electronic Equipment (BEE) is to partner global business software company Mindjet.

THE scene: the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, last Saturday night.