A pointed penalty by Limerick centre-back Iain Corbett in the dying seconds gave the Treaty County a dramatic win in a Division 4 tie played in high wind and a first-half downpour.

Long after the final whistle and Donegal boss, Declan Bonner, was trying to process how his side were caught on the line in Saturday night's Allianz League opener in Ballybofey.

Davy Fitzgerald’s Slaneysiders got their Allianz NHL Division 1 campaign off to a winning start with a convincing 11-point victory over Laois at MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise on Saturday evening.

A strong third-quarter showing - during which the hosts outscored Offaly by 0-6 to 0-1 - ensured Cork made a winning start to life in Division 3 of the Allianz football league.

As the Allianz Leagues throw-in, our writers look ahead to the major storylines which will dominate the weekend's action.

Tony McEntee says players and managers don't know where they stand with the GAA's rule changes to Gaelic football.

Just two days out from the start of the Allianz Leagues, the national media was briefed on the final clarifications and interpretations to the new playing rules in Croke Park yesterday.

That this is a big league season for the hurlers and footballers of Cork is stating the obvious.

Seventy-five years after the liberation of Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise across the Western world. This trend, and the weak response to it, is a harbinger of democratic decay, writes Ana Palacio

DCU dominated for the large part as they cruised past rivals UCD by 15 points in their disappointingly one-sided Sigerson Cup semi-final in St Claire’s on Wednesday evening.

DCU dominated for the large part as they cruised past rivals UCD by fifteen points in their disappointingly one-sided Sigerson Cup semi-final in St Claire’s on Wednesday evening.

Judy Collins is 80, and still touring. As she gets ready to return to Ireland, she tells Ellie O’Byrne about the songs that have mattered most in her incredible 60-year career.

Further interpretations and clarifications on Gaelic football’s new rules have been issued to the national referees panel ahead of the start of the Allianz Leagues this weekend.

Forget the destination, it was the journey that thrilled Kevin O’Brien.

There may be more vivid incarnations of optimism than a ticket tout prowling Gill’s Corner and environs for spare tickets ahead of the All-Ireland club final, but none come immediately to mind.

There may be more vivid incarnations of optimism than a ticket tout prowling Gill’s Corner and environs for spare tickets ahead of the All-Ireland club final, but none come immediately to mind.

Any disciplinary action against gardaí implicated in allegations of systematic licencing law abuses made by a garda whistleblower could take years.

Stop, stop, stop. Halt the election campaign in its tracks. Climate change action: cease and desist. We have a far more pressing issue to hand, one which requires urgent action.

With teenage sensations Idah, Connolly and Parrott on everyone’s lips, Liam Mackey reports from behind the scenes in Abbotstown as the newest generation of Irish internationals continue with their higher education.

It was far from pretty this time but the effectiveness of this Corofin team is now beyond question.