Boxer Michael O’Reilly, who is before court for alleged breaches of the Public Order Act, may face more serious charges, according to gardaí.

From highly professional processional spectacles to downright paddywhackery, villages and towns throughout the country laid it on thick yesterday in honour of our national saint.

A student opened fire at a Colorado high school injuring two others before apparently turning the gun on himself, authorities said.

A YEAR on, dolls fill the shelves of a living room and flowers and rainbows decorate a kitchen window next to a little girl’s name: Avielle.

A leading Tipperary GAA official has revealed how he had to use his mobile phone to locate his car in the dark after a mass brawl led to the abandonment of a minor hurling fixture last week.

There has been a major fire at the Bord na Móna briquette factory in Co Tipperary.

The mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold prayed for him to commit suicide when she was told he was a suspect during the shooting spree at a Colorado school that killed 13 people, the woman said in a new book.

The HSE has apologised to a 57-year-old woman whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed three times and who later had to undergo a mastectomy after an invasive cancer was finally discovered.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has apologised to a 56-year-old Co Tipperary woman after medics failed to diagnose her breast cancer on three occasions.

The HSE has apologised to a 56-year-old Co Tipperary woman after medics failed to diagnose her breast cancer on three occasions.

A 56-year-old Co Tipperary woman whose breast cancer was misdiagnosed three times is seeking damages in the High Court.

Opera Gal produced a gutsy all-the-way triumph in the silks of racecourse chairman Jeff Smith in the Upavon Fillies’ Stakes at Salisbury yesterday.

Opera Gal produced a gutsy all-the-way triumph in the silks of racecourse chairman Jeff Smith in the Upavon Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury this afternoon.

Roscrea justified their favourites’ tag with a comprehensive 4-13 to 1-9 win over Cashel in the second round of the Tipperary SHC at Templemore last night.

Residents of a Denver suburb mourned their dead yesterday from a shooting rampage by a “demonic” gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 after opening fire at a cinema showing the new Batman movie.

He is someone with no apparent criminal past — but is now suspected of carrying out the worst shooting in the US for years.

A COMPOSTING plant in Co Tipperary has received the green light to produce high-end organic compost derived from food waste residue.

A 58-year-old woman has died in a road accident in Co Tipperary today.

Nasa gave the go-ahead to a $438m (€316m) mission led by the University of Colorado-Boulder to investigate Mars and the likelihood that it once harboured life.

One of two US sailors missing in Afghanistan since last week has been confirmed dead and his body recovered, a Nato spokesman said today.

NOTHING I saw during that league could have prepared us for this.

The latest phase in the construction of the M8 motorway between Dublin and Cork is due to open this afternoon seven months ahead of schedule.

A TEENAGER, an elderly woman and a much-loved doctor have become the latest victims of our roads.

A US college student from Massachusetts who collapsed on subway tracks in New York City owes his life to a courageous and quick-thinking stranger.

THE first sod was turned yesterday on the longest road project ever to be undertaken in the State.

THE lives of a family grieving for a husband and father shot dead in his home last Sunday will be like a complicated jigsaw for a long time to come — they will be very hard to piece together — their local priest yesterday warned.

A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his father who was shot dead in his home last Sunday.

Gardaí are investigating a shooting incident in Co Tipperary yesterday afternoon at a house in Ballydavid in Littleton.

Eighteen people have been hospitalised following a collision between a bus and a truck in the Blanchardstown area of west Dublin this morning.

TRAFFIC chaos and ESB power cuts chart the progress of the country’s biggest road haulage operation.

SEAN QUINLAN (19) from Littleton, Co Tipperary, enjoyed a day he will never forget at Tramore yesterday.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was orphaned yesterday when her father was killed in a traffic accident just 18 months after her mother died in a crash.

A woman has died in a road accident in Co Tipperary.

A LITTLE bit of a gem, this restored rectory at Littleton has an elegant sufficiency of qualities that normally come with country house living.

Police in the United States are investigating the death of a Roman Catholic priest whose body was found just days after he was accused of molesting a boy nearly 30 years ago.

A 23-year-old Co Tipperary man has been sentenced to two years in prison at Nenagh Circuit Court for an assault on former Kilkenny hurler PJ Delaney, which left him in hospital with serious injuries.

An teenager who was shot during the Columbine High School massacre is to be guest of honour at a top Premier League football match.