"What are we without our stories?" asks Dinny, the father of two young men in Enda Walsh’s bizarre homicidal drama, The Walworth Farce.

Jim Gavin believes the idea of semi-professional referees would jar with the GAA’s amateur ethos, but the Dublin manager has advocated using two referees in Gaelic football.

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN

Barcelona 1 Atletico Munich 1

West Ham 2 Hull City 1

Enda Kenny celebrated his third anniversary in power by slipping on jackboots and giving democracy a good kicking.

Sevilla 0 Benfica 0 (4-2 on penalties)

Biker looks for false teeth on busy Spain highway

LEINSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Parades, bands, flags.

The Government has no plans to ask barrister Sean Guerin why he did not interview former justice minister Alan Shatter as part of his inquiry into allegations of Garda malpractice, despite Mr Shatter saying the Taoiseach might intervene.

The Government is flouting its rules on appointments to state boards, with more than two-thirds of positions filled without being advertised.

A heartbroken mother was brought to church in a wheelchair to say a final farewell to her only child who died in a road crash.

The Croke Park operations manager arrives into the stadium shortly after 9am, indulges in the complimentary Irish breakfast offered only on September Sundays, before embarking on a stroll around the pitch.

JIMMY Barry-Murphy was his usual composed self at the final whistle in Croke Park tonight.

USA: A 99-year-old Iowa woman who dropped out of a high school more than 80 years ago despite needing only one credit to graduate has finally received her diploma.

The Junctions traditional music gigs are streamlined this year, but, one hopes, sustainable. They fill a gap in Cork’s music scene.

When All-Ireland finals are won and lost by a point it always leaves a few ifs and buts.

THE black eye was just the visible manifestation of the pain Northampton forward Tom Wood was feeling after his side’s humiliation by Leinster.