Pat O’Connor

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

VRAI chairman Gabriel D’Arcy came to VR via a long career in conventional industry

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Opinion: Women make up half of university lecturers and only a quarter of professors

McCarthy’s late point earns Banner a replay in Thurles after after a pulsating stalemate at HQ

John Kiely’s team proved amazingly resilient again when the match was in the balance

‘It was great that the occasion wasn’t wasted on us’, says Clare's Shane O’Donnell

Sluggish Limerick’s momentum stalled as third game in a row perhaps took its toll

Charity event aids the RNLI and the Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit

Banner like a team obsessed with what Cork could do to them rather than vice versa

If Clare are to be contenders they will certainly have to see off a weakened opposition

Two days of balloting gives Oireachtas a mandate to change Eighth Amendment

Resident died after meat got stuck in her larynx at Co Mayo centre, inquest hears

New hurling management team stepping up to finish venture of helping boys become men

A new report aims to transform gender equality in Irish universities

Patrick Kelly says failure to win league is the one regret that 1990s’ team still have

National League final was played with kind of intensity expected from championship

Waterford had led game until last puck on dramatic final replay had dropped

Sublime moments of skill on show as teams stay level right to the nerve-wracking end

Jim Gavin makes six changes, Colm Cooper will make his first start of the season for Kerry

Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and John Crowley’s Brooklyn vie for the best picture Oscar this weekend. They are part of a grand tradition

Sub Cathal O’Connell’s two points prove crucial for Banner County

Change must come from ‘leadership at top’, forum on contentious issue at NUIG told

NUI Galway worst performer say women academics on eve of conference on topic

Taoiseach roundly praised by supporters at dinner in Castlebar

Ride from Donegal to Cork today will raise money for suicide charity Pieta House

Review group includes Limerick professor who turned down invitation to advise NUIG

Group calls for new measures to counteract discrimination against women at university

Jim Browne maintains many changes effected since acknowledged low point of 2009

From Wexford to Thailand, Aveen Loy and Hugh O’Connor made sure their wedding celebration was an occasion to remember

The real people behind the characters in ‘Charlie’, the TV drama based on the life of former taoiseach Charles Haughey

On the bright side, part-time teachers got a better deal and there were gains for women’s rights in academia; on the downside, Irish universities slipped in the rankings and there was little progress on pluralism in schools

It has been 41 years since Limerick hurlers won the Liam MacCarthy Cup and some of their near misses have been tremendously painful – no more so than 1994

Managers believe women primarily responsible for gender imbalance in higher education

New research into gender equality demonstrates how the age, size or location of an Irish higher education institution has very little to do with striking a balance at the top

Former Clare manager insists National Referees Association chairman Pat McEnaney should have ‘nothing to do’ with hurling

Cork and Clare the deserving winners of their respective quarter-finals in Thurles

The forward has taken his impressive form with UCC into Cork’s senior side