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My first encounter with the Pogues frontman in 2008 brought me face-to-face with a very down-to-earth person who gave me some great  memories that day in Dublin and many times afterwards, writes Alison O’Reilly

There’s an old Irish saying: If you’ve a reputation for getting up early in the morning, you can stay in bed all day. This now seems to be a cant – O’Gara is at it again – and it’s repugnant nonsense.

Can Clonlara and Na Fianna upset the odds, Corofin and St Brigids have history, Kilmacud Crokes go for three in a row

The straightforward days of the unified county structure and of parish clubs are numbered.

Jay Mwamba speaks about his new book, Crash of the Buffalo

There’s a house on my walk to work that makes me happy every time I pass it. The glow of it turns my dark mornings brighter and more joyful.

The Cork actor and the Derry Girls' star feature in the adaptation of Elizabeth Macneal’s period thriller, writes Esther McCarthy

Writing exclusively for the Irish Examiner in 2013, Shane MacGowan recalled the festive seasons of his childhood in Tipperary and London.

Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers discuss the week's hurling.

You can ask her for advice, but don't expect her to be nice - it's Ask Audrey. What's your problem?

Battle of the bakers

This time, even the PGA isn't blind to Rory McIlroy's influence and Croke Park looks long odds still for Katie Taylor.

"Opportunities for sub goalies are so rare" says Eimer Ryan as she talks about the thankless job of the back-up shotstopper.

It was Katie Taylor’s lot to have her redemption night associated with Conor McGregor, even if only tangentially

Chatting to people on Leeside about what happened in Dublin revealed some interesting attitudes

A big win over Castletroy College confirms the Clare school's emergence again as a Harty Cup contender

Three first-half goals had kept Our Lady’s, Templemore ahead for much of the hour

This marvellous game produced some great hurling

Best estimate suggest that, even with  Cork GAA receiving a decent rent for the stadium, Munster could pocket an additional €350,000 by staging their St Stephen's Day game against Leinster in Cork.

When a crisis prolongs from days into weeks and now months, it’s a sure sign that any green for go signs will be overtaken by flashing red lights. Festive entertainment of a different kind.

With regard to the rise of the far-right here, hysteria serves no one but complacency is not our friend

Not only would a win in Sunday's Munster hurling final seal the Waterford club's magnificence; it would underline just how exceptional this team is.

CBS outscored Hammies 11 points to four in that dominant second period with some quality attacking football, equally matched by some ferocious defending on the other end.

The CSO's Pádraig Dalton joins Paul Rouse, James Horan and Maurice Brosnan.

It's ironic that Limerick’s indifferent attitude to the league is partly why the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) have moved like they have.

Forget all the talk about resignations, we must look into the reasons people feel anger

Just why Ireland has such a supply of men high on unjustified anger, and ready to take action on what they wrongly perceive to be injustice, is worth examination

It was another dramatic weekend of action around the country

The then Ireland boss insisted we should aim higher, and expect better for ourselves. 

At Fraher Field on Sunday, and as has been the case for so much of their campaign, family drove football.

Knocknagree are the most recent Cork outfit to win the Munster JFC in 2017

Russell Brand was back in the headlines this week. Sara Colahan recalls the evening she worked with him in Dublin, and how she is still attempting to process a strange encounter

Some of Ireland's hedgerows date back to the 1700s and 1800s — but we are in danger of dangerously neglecting them now, says Katie Smirnova, campaigns officer at Hedgerows Ireland 

Cloning himself in an AI experiment left our columnist feeling uncomfortable: 'There was something inexplicably dark about what was going on'

Garda management has major questions to answer, while regulation of social media companies can wait no longer

In the past 50 years, only Passage have brought the Cork JAFC title to the city, and that was back in 1982

What can she do differently? I reckon her only chance is to go back to go forward: revert to her amateur days. 

Trent Alexander-Arnold will be in midfield when Liverpool have the ball and at right back when they don’t. Might it be better the other way round? 

Nemo Rangers stalwarts James Masters and Peter Morgan are better known for their football exploits. On Sunday they play in a Cork county hurling final.

There seems to be more anger than delight at the success of the elite band of trainers sitting at the top of the Irish training ranks

So four years after the departure of He Who Must Not Be Named, the FAI still can’t be left to their own devices. Who’da thunk it, eh? Even Jonathan Hill, appointed as the next CEO and general new broom, wound up getting sucked into the hellmouth.

It’s 30 years since chef Denis Cotter opened his now renowned vegetarian restaurant. He looks back at three incredible decades with Joe McNamee

Lengthy list of sitting TDs all rumoured to be interested in Europe

Drew Harris asserts 'no one could have anticipated' the violence but to reporters on the scene it was clear major trouble was afoot and the siren call was out on social media since 2.30pm

They may have only played two last-four clashes but that is still irrelevant considering how hard Donegal teams have found it to even get there – never mind win them.

The Bandon boys reeled off 1-7 without reply in a stunning final quarter to run out four-point winners.

The result ended their West Kerry school's hopes of making it to the knockout stages and confirmed Cork’s Coachford College's position as group runners-up. 

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