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RTÉ Sport Reporter Its not peak-time for GAA content, what with Congress in the rear-view mirror and no on-field action for a while yet.  This time around, were going back 20 years, to the inaugural back-door championship in 2001.  In a nice turn, the first All-Ireland championship under the new format ended up being won, via the backdoor, by the only county to vote against its adoption at Congress. What else? The Rossies lit up the championship and then allegedly lit up their rivals jerseys...

1 month ago Holly Cairns: "For decades weve seen men in positions of power telling women whats best for them" 316 Shares Youre reading Hers digital cover story for February 2021. This months star is Social Democrats TD for Cork South-West, Holly Cairns.  Holly Cairns never thought shed get into politics. In fact, she didnt think she was politically engaged at all. Advertisement The only female TD for Cork City, Holly has been all over Irish Twitter since she took her seat in Dáil - in a uniq...

From killer gunmen to a fake cancer bride: 600 people locked up in Merseyside in 2020 Murderers, evil rapists, gangland thugs and bent cops were all jailed last year Updated L-R Clement Martin, Toni Standen and Lee Abbott Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll i...

It was the year when almost everyone said sorry - and in some cases they kept on saying it.

Agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue wrote a letter of complaint to the board of Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) about a tweet from one of its members that described Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns

Opinions: New Sinn Féin TD Réada Cronin has been in trouble for some of her tweets. Photo: Tony Gavin In February, Sinn Féin TD for Kildare North Réada Cronin was forced to apologise for a number of social media posts including one where she to someone claiming “loads of judges are paedophiles” by saying: “Wouldn’t surprise me”. She also tweeted or retweeted claims European wars were instigated and funded by banks, Irish water was poisoned by fluoridation, Hitler was a pawn for a ...