Gardaí have uncovered another industrial-scale cannabis factory following an intelligence operation in Co Kildare.

The Mayo footballers do not need to explain why they voted ‘no confidence’ in Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly, according to James Horan.

I know a man named Angel who spent 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. During his incarceration, both his mother and the mother of his children died and he exhausted all his appeals. He was fated to die in prison without any chance of parole.

It’s a golden family moment which will resonate with thousands of Irish families separated by emigration.

It’s 125 years since the Irish won both the men’s singles and women’s singles at Wimbledon. William O’Riordan looks at the amazing achievement of one Lena Rice.

THE hanging of an innocent man is of course the most cogent argument of all against the death penalty.

A new book on recently pardoned Harry Gleeson, who was hanged for a murder he didn’t commit, is causing major controversy because it names the fathers of the children of the murder victim.

The framing of Harry Gleeson was a shameful episode in the history of Irish criminal justice.

For the McGrath family of New Inn, Galway, it was a weekend quite like no other.

Toomevara conjured up a dramatic late rally to pip outsiders Templederry 0-24 to 2-17 in a thrilling SHC round three tie at Nenagh.

A knowledge of business and a twist of creativity netted a national technology prize for University of Limerick student Philip Hayes.

Gardaí will this morning resume a manhunt for a gang of three men on the run after allegedly carrying out a spate of burglaries in south Tipperary.

“A LOVELY farm, and some of the best quality land you’d ever walk,” says John Stokes of a farm at Marlhill, New Inn, Co Tipperary, situated cheek by jowl with Rockwell College.

“I TOLD Mattie six months ago that if he was going to stay in Fianna Fáil, I wouldn’t be voting for him.”

THE eagerly-anticipated Carrick-on-Suir derby in the Glanbia South Senior Hurling Championship went the way of the visitors at Davin Park in front of a bumper crowd yesterday.

DURING Brian Mulvihill’s underage days, he never had to look far for guidance and inspiration.

CAHIR’S quest to go one step better in the 2009 Tipperary SFC shipped a major blow on Saturday when they lost to Ardfinnan in Round one.

ÁINE McLATCHIE fears that her autistic son, Daniel’s, progress could be reversed after his school was told the number of staff helping children with special needs is to fall from five to two next month, despite the Government insisting there will be no cuts to such services.

A BLISTERING start provided the springboard for a second group stage victory for reigning Harty Cup champions De La Salle College at the expense of Our Lady’s CBS (Templemore) at New Inn yesterday.

THE Dr Harty Cup campaign began in dramatic fashion at New Inn yesterday where an injury-time point by Niall Arthur earned St Flannan’s a draw in a rousing contest.

GARDAÍ in Cahir are appealing for information on a road crash that claimed the life of a 20-year-old local man late on Wednesday night.

Super Tuesday across the pond yesterday in the American Presidential primaries, the day when the best candidates are separated from the rest, from the also-rans; Super Tuesday in Clonmel also, the second day of the National Coursing Meet.

CHAMPIONS DLS Waterford open the defence of their Harty Cup title with a tricky local derby clash against Waterford Colleges at Walsh Park tomorrow.

The funeral took place yesterday of Jason Burke, aged 20, of Moone, Co Kildare, — the second victim of a single-car smash the previous weekend in which his passenger, Sarah Fitzgerald, 19, of Naas was killed.

A man is dead and a woman is in a critical condition following a serious car crash this afternoon on the M7 near Monasterevin in Co Kildare.

ONE man with more than a passing interest in tomorrow’s Dr Harty Cup final is Michael Power from Waterford, who hopes his son Stephen can succeed where he failed in 1976, when DLS Waterford lost to St Flannan’s in the final in Bansha, 2-9 to 3-4.

Abbey CBS 2-6 Clonmel CBS 0-9

DEFENDING champions Midleton CBS have a must-win game with Our Lady’s in the Credit Union Dr Harty Cup at New Inn today (1.30pm).

YES JIMMY HA, last season's Derby winner at Clonmel, made a successful start to his all-aged career when taking the Red Mills Knockgraffon Cup at New Inn yesterday.

Thurles CBS 2-13 Presentation Ballingarry 0-5

Ardfinnan 2-9 Clonmel Commercials 1-10

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

Tom Higgins

St. Flannan’s 3-15 DLS Waterford 0-7

WITH the All-Ireland senior championships at the final stage, the attention is slowly but surely drifting back towards the club campaign nationwide.

A GREAT day for St Augustine’s, Dungarvan at New Inn, Co Tipperary on Saturday and some football cheer for Waterford too, the Friary having both the skill and know-how to beat Coláiste An Spioraid Naoimh in a lively Corn An Uachtarán (Munster Colleges S‘B’FC) final.