The decision by Motorsport Ireland to phase out the one-time popular single stage rallies has worked in favour of one of the newest motor clubs in the country, the Imokilly Motor Club.

CORK GIY will have its first first outdoor visit of the year, and seedling swap at Knocknaheeny/Hollyhill Community Gardens. 

Blackrock’s David Cashman lit up their RedFM SHL clash with St Finbarr’s on Saturday as the Rockies engineered a 16-point victory in Togher. 

A former British soldier has told the Ian Bailey case at the High Court he agreed to meet the Garda Síochána Ombudmsman Commission (GSOC) in February 2014 but left after it refused to pay him expenses for being off work.

One half of TV’s trouble-shooting hotelier team yesterday described the Wild Atlantic Way as “genius” and its impact on the tourist trade as “phenomenal”.

Mayo Convention: Mike Connelly was elected chairman of Mayo GAA Board at yesterday’s Convention.

Tralee Flower & Garden Club present “The Magic of Christmas” by Rose Hickey in the Grand Hotel, Tralee, on Monday November 17 at 8pm.

830,000 babies die every year because they weren’t even breast-fed for an hour

The Plant Fair, which take place on Sunday September, 14 at Fota House, will be hosted by the Irish Specialist Nursery Association. 

* Dungarvan Flower and Garden Club Presents an evening, ‘Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer’, an illustrated lecture, with plant collector and gardener, Hester Forde at Park Hotel, Dungarvan on Wednesday, May 7 at 8pm.

¦ Kenmare and District Gardening Club welcomes Helen Dillon to talk on “Garden Making” on Thursday, March 6, at the Carnegie Arts Centre at 7.30pm.

Waterford County Council is to host a conference on mental health and suicide in a fresh bid to “help remove the stigma still attached to such conditions”.

GARDAÍ have warned the public to be extra cautious about letting people into their homes after a spate of burglaries in west Waterford, many of which are believed to have been carried out by bogus gardaí, ESB and HSE officials.

Martin Johnson divides Irish opinion but detractors secretly admire the ferocious desire he brings to almost everything he does. Donal Lenihan met him ahead of today’s clash with Ireland at Lansdowne Road, which brought to mind a previous visit...

Michael Moynihan pays tribute to Waterford legend Ken McGrath on his retirement from inter-county hurling

DESPITE the current financial challenges, the outlook for dairy products in the medium term is positive due to improving world demand. That’s the view of Teagasc, which will hold its national dairy conferences in Mullingar and Killarney next week.

LADIES attending the historic floodlit NHL tie between Tipperary and Cork in Thurles on February 14 have been promised complimentary chocolates or roses as compensation for missing out on more traditional Valentine’s Night celebrations.

Grassroots Progressive Democrats members opposed to winding up the beleaguered party are expected to unveil a survival strategy at tomorrow’s special conference.

JACOB Fruitfield chief executive Michael Carey is to speak at the Christmas lunch of the Mid-West branch of the Marketing Institute on Friday. The lunch will take place at the Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick.

Cork hurler Joe Deane and Donegal footballer Rory Kavanagh have been confirmed as the Opel Gaelic Players of the Month for June.

The 21-year-old man who died after a stabbing incident at a Dublin Hotel in the early hours of the New Year has been named.

THE fans may be gripped with title fever but one Cork City soccer star was taking it all “lying down” yesterday - perhaps even dreaming of clinching the league title.

Israeli forces today evacuated an old army base in the northern West Bank used last as a staging area for removing settlers and protesters from two settlements last month, but soldiers shot dead a young Palestinian who entered the base too quickly.

A FORMER Sligo garda said yesterday he was suspicious a senior officer was involved in the “setting up” of a false death threat claim following the arrest of the man who had made the allegations.

A former Sligo garda said today he was suspicious that a senior officer was involved in the “setting up” of a false death threat claim following the arrest of the man who had made the allegations.

CHILDREN’S festival organisers in Waterford will be finding out who’s nautical and who’s nice over the coming days as the fifth annual Hullabaloo Festival kicks into action.

Waterford United have announced ticket details for their supporters ahead of the FAI Cup final.

Scotland Under-21 player Craig Samson was arrested after members of the team broke a curfew to go to a nightclub, it emerged today.

PAUL TAYLOR’S county career with Sligo may well be over after manager James Kearns confirmed the Eastern Harps forward is not on the training panel preparing for the forthcoming league campaign.

THE Hope Foundation has received €100,000 from the Government to assist its work with the street children of Calcutta.

Four accomplices in the deadliest ever Palestinian suicide bombing were given 29 consecutive life sentences each yesterday – one for each Israeli killed in last year’s blast at a seaside hotel.

FOLLOWING news that Sheen Falls Lodge in Kenmare has been awarded the AA Hotel of the Year, the privately owned country house hotel has announced an expansion programme that will increase its capacity into 2003 and beyond.

A Palestinian bomber blew himself up at a busy crossroads today in northern Israel, killing only himself.

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an Israeli hotel dining room today killing at least 15 people and wounding a more than 100 others.

A suicide bomber blew himself up today in a crowded hotel lobby in the Israeli coastal resort of Netanya, police said.