The golden age of the scoring half-back may indeed be now but they aren’t a new phenomenon. Johnny Hughes — “the great” Johnny Hughes as he is still affectionately termed — is testament to that.

Few Allianz Football Leagues have provided more excitement. Fewer still have unearthed so much developing talent. John Fogarty picks the 10 standouts who’ve announced themselves this spring.

Friday, May 27 is the closing date for applications to QQI accredited level 5 courses at Teagasc agricultural and horticultural colleges.

An agriculture and horticulture show which had been a summertime feature in Cork since the 1960s has been cancelled.

Dairy farming convert Edward Payne from Co Roscommon has been chosen as the 2014 Teagasc Student of the Year, a prestigious annual competition sponsored by FBD Trust.

It’s back to normal today for the family of the baby girl who couldn’t wait to come motoring into this world.

Meet Galway's newest pop-up attraction.

A 44-year-old Polish man has been remanded in custody after appearing at a special sitting of Loughrea District Court yesterday in relation to the discovery of over €300,000 worth of cannabis herb in Co Galway.

A man has been arrested following a drugs seizure in Co Galway.

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Turfcutters who have been banned from using raised bogs have started to receive free turf as part of a compensation deal.

A DISGRUNTLED property owner is willing to consider offers of over €1 for his house.

RECRUITMENT problems in Teagasc may be eased by employment control frameworks to be put in place across the public service.

TEAGASC director Gerry Boyle has said some of the urgently needed extra funding for the organisation will have to come from farmers.

AS TURF-CUTTING will be banned from bogs designated as special areas of conservation (SACs) after this spring’s cutting season, many people are angry and fear that a ban on the harvesting of peat on all bogs may soon follow.

GARDAÍ in Mountbellew, Co Galway, yesterday interviewed up to 15 witnesses to a schoolyard incident las week in which a 16-year-old girl was alleged to have been attacked.

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was allegedly grabbed by up to five boys, tied up, gagged and blindfolded in a schoolyard.

Gardaí in Co Galway are investigating a Post Office raid in Ballinasloe.

Gardaí in Kilkenny are appealing for witnesses to the fatal pile-up at Sugarstown.

KILKENNY hurling was in mourning yesterday with the news that one of two women killed in a crash outside Thomastown was the wife of All-Ireland-winning goalkeeper James McGarry.

Leading qualifier Tara Delaney cruised into the last 16 of the Lancôme Irish Ladies Close Championship with a 3 and 1 win over Charlotte Crowe at Lahinch today.

Carlow's Tara Delaney led the qualifiers in the Lancôme Irish Ladies’

Galway's Sinead O’Sullivan hit a brilliant level-par 74 today to lead the Lancôme Irish Ladies’ Close Championship after the first qualifying round at windswept Lahinch.

FIRE officers issued an appeal to landowners to respect the law as gorse fires continued to blaze in Kerry during the weekend.

A group of 13 agricultural engineers from the El Behira Rural Development Project (BRDP), in Egypt, has started a four-week intensive study programme at the Agricultural College in Mountbellew, Co Galway.

Tricia Mangan (Ennis), fresh from her seventh-place finish at the Welsh Open Strokeplay, defends her Lancome Irish Ladies’ Close Championship at The European Club, Co Wicklow, May 13 to 17.

A 22-YEAR-OLD student from Co Tipperary, representing Clonakilty Agricultural College in West Cork, is the 2006 Teagasc FBD National Student of the Year.

It wasn’t all media spin, doom and gloom with the Lions in New Zealand. Hector Ó hEochagáin and Apres Match regular Risteard Cooper followed the tour for six weeks in New Zealand, and have produced a special ‘Chasing the Lions’ DVD. Brendan O’Brien gets a sneak preview.

TWO of the country’s most successful sports coaches in different codes shared the limelight when they were honoured by a teachers’ union last night.

A GALWAY community is facing transport chaos as more than 30 places on a school bus have been lost for the coming term.

Former Galway football manager Val Daly is back on the inter-county scene - as forwards coach for Roscommon. Daly, who managed Galway for one year in 1997, has been with the Roscommon panel in recent days.

A man has died following a fatal collision in Co Galway.

Gardaí in Co Galway have appealed for witnesses to a traffic accident yesterday evening to come forward.

I AM researching the role and impact of Irish women religious who undertook missionary work abroad during the period 1900-1970.

POSTAL services are returning to normal after postmasters' and postal workers last night resolved some of their differences with the company.

Gardai are asking for the public’s assistance in tracing a teenager who has been missing since May 24.