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‘Hurling is a physical game, I like to see the physicality in it’: Kilkenny legend Eoin Larkin on becoming a referee - w...
02/09/2026

‘Hurling is a physical game, I like to see the physicality in it’: Kilkenny legend Eoin Larkin on becoming a referee - while still playing on one team and managing another

No date yet for launch, but here are some answers to questions about new savings scheme
01/09/2026

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Vogue Williams welcomes fourth child as ‘beautiful baby boy’ arrives safely
01/09/2026

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‘It’s a very important part of our heritage’ – campaigners try to save Tipperary military barracks from demolition
01/09/2026

‘It’s a very important part of our heritage’ – campaigners try to save Tipperary military barracks from demolition

01/09/2026

Second member resigns from group tasked to reform Leaving Cert maths

Co-founder ‘gutted’ as Dublin’s Dream Point Experience announces sudden closure
01/09/2026

Co-founder ‘gutted’ as Dublin’s Dream Point Experience announces sudden closure

Evelyn Cusack has said it is a “mixed blessing” to be honoured by Met Éireann as it marks its 90th anniversary by naming...
01/09/2026

Evelyn Cusack has said it is a “mixed blessing” to be honoured by Met Éireann as it marks its 90th anniversary by naming storms after pioneering figures in Irish meteorology.

One of this year’s storm names, Evelyn, pays tribute to Evelyn Murphy, the first woman to work as a meteorologist with Met Éireann and Evelyn Cusack, the forecaster’s first female head of forecasting and the face of RTÉ weather for four decades from 1983.

Ms Cusack appears fifth on this year’s 12‑month list of storm names and, joking, she said that with her name sitting at number five on the new list, she hopes it never comes to pass.

“Who wants to be associated with violent winds and destruction of property?” she told RTÉ’s News at One programme.

She described the recognition as a “mixed blessing” adding: “I’d be just as happy if we never got a Storm Evelyn.”

‘Traitors Ireland’ episode two recap: A secret relationship revealed, a twist backfires and yet another dramatic hat – w...
01/09/2026

‘Traitors Ireland’ episode two recap: A secret relationship revealed, a twist backfires and yet another dramatic hat – we're already hooked

01/09/2026

Public‑sector pay row – what’s going on and why are unions balloting for action?

'With all due respect to Kerry, it was the fairytale ending at the end of a wonderful championship this year,' says Mart...
01/09/2026

'With all due respect to Kerry, it was the fairytale ending at the end of a wonderful championship this year,' says Marty Morrissey, looking back on a season where Mayo finally took home the Sam Maguire.

'We saw Westmeath winning Leinster, we saw Roscommon winning Connacht, Armagh finally winning Ulster and Wicklow winning the Tailteann Cup. Every one of these stories has their own backstory of meandering through heartbreak to suddenly lift the cup.'

'Mayo were being written off by so many people and I genuinely thought they had a great chance. Now, I didn’t know whether they’d win or not, but I just thought they might have a chance.'

But the GAA community was left saddened last month when Donegal football legend James McHugh from the 1992 All-Ireland winning team and his beloved wife, Noreen, both lost their lives after in a crash.

Morrissey, who was a friend of the couple through his job as a GAA correspondent, attended the wake and described the scene as 'heartbreaking.' 'I never saw two coffins beside each other before and I never really want to see it again because it broke my heart to see James and Noreen there,' he says.

'Noreen and James were inseparable in life. They fell in love when they were teenagers in school and they did everything together… just great, great people, very kind and very loving. They were very kind to me over the years.'

Marty’s own mother, Peggy, also died tragically in a car crash.

'Car accidents change everybody’s lives,' he says. 'I miss my mother every day and she’ll be gone from me in December for five years. Even after all this time I still think of calling her'

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