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LIMERICK dug deep in Croke Park this afternoon to hold off reigning champions Galway and win their first All-Ireland SHC final in 45 years. After a scintillating summer of hurling Championship action, a final that had failed to live up to expectations exploded into life in the final 10 minutes as the Connacht men cut a 68th-minute eight-point deficit to just one in injury-time. The Treaty were quickest out of the traps and led 1-10 to 0-9 at half-time thanks to a goal from Graeme Mulcahy that raised hopes John Kiely’s side could break the duck of five All-Ireland final defeats since that last success in 1973 It was the first time Galway had trailed by more than a point at the interval all summer and, in all honesty, they were lucky it was that close as Limerick had hit 11 wides to their 10. Limerick pushed on after the break and Kyle Hayes fired over three points in quick succession to stretch their lead to 1-15 to 0-10 by the 45th minute. Joe Canning - one of only … [Read more...] about Limerick dethrone Galway after thrilling Croke Park finish

FORMER police ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has revised her previous conclusion that the Omagh bomb could not have been prevented. The timing of her comment, on the 20th anniversary of the atrocity, u[...] This story is for Premium subscribers only Registered users get 5 regular articles & 1 free Premium article per week.   … [Read more...] about Newton Emerson: Paisley’s posse gearing up for a by-election

HENRY Ford nearly had a point when he said that history was bunk. He might have more reasonably suggested that only some versions of it are. This week we witnessed some selective bunk and there is pr[...] This story is for Premium subscribers only Registered users get 5 regular articles & 1 free Premium article per week.   … [Read more...] about Patrick Murphy: Many civil rights histories will be bunk

SOUTH Africa has provided northern European gardeners with some of their best known and most loved perennials. Here in Ireland we may query the suggestion that our climate has much in common with the [...] You have reached your limit of free articles Registered users get 5 regular articles and 1 free Premium article per week.   … [Read more...] about Casual Gardener: An appreciation of Agapanthus

EVERYBODY knows the best thing after a night at the pub is the grub on the way home. It's strange how a few drinks can ramp up the appetite, sending us scouring the town, desperate for food, preferably anything fried in batter. It's as though alcohol hits a panic button in the brain, warning that famine is imminent and forcing us to eat truckloads of calories before we die of starvation. Experts may use scientific jargon to explain the phenomenon but comic Jimeoin uses it to make people laugh. In fact, his current show Roast Chicken Result is inspired by the joy of arriving home after a few beers to find a tasty bird waiting in his fridge. Taking a break from his busy schedule, he tells me what makes him smile and why, as a schoolboy in Northern Ireland, training at an "Al-Qaeda camp for the 11-plus" just wasn't funny. "I went to primary school all over the place – it was really quite bizarre," the comedian says in a voice that retains a distinct northern Irish twang, despite him … [Read more...] about Irish comedy legend Jimeoin on comedy, golf and the 11-plus