Childcare professionals who earn on average €10 an hour, are planning further rallies next Saturday in demand of fair pay.

OLD hands they may be at this triumphant homecoming lark, but Kilkenny supporters turned out in their thousands last night to welcome their hurling heroes from another glorious weekend in Dublin.

Upwards of 30,000 spectators braved the wet conditions to welcome home the victorious Kilkenny All-Ireland SHC title-winning team in the Marble city tonight.

Gardaí are investigating an attack on a woman in Sligo town.

YOU’D never think it was their 29th All-Ireland win, or that it was just three short years since Liam MacCarthy was last seen in Cats country.