Neil Michael

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Neil Michael

Dublin senior camogie captain Aisling Maher has welcomed the decision to allow players to wear shorts instead of skorts. The rules were changed at a special Congress at Croke Park held by the Camogie Association on Thursday, with 98% of the 133 delegates voting in favour of the change. Earlier this month, Kilkenny and Dublin saw their Leinster senior camogie semi-final come close to being called off when players from both sides originally lined out in shorts instead of the regulatory skorts.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Neil Michael

A chainsaw found on Michael Gaine’s farm is to be checked to see if it was used to dismember the 56-year-old farmer who gardaí suspect was murdered. It is not known if other tools or implements found at the site near Moll’s Gap, Kenmare, Co Kerry, are also being sent for forensic analysis. These are also understood to include an amount of rope found in a toolshed at the back of Mr Gaine's cattle shed.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Neil Michael

A chainsaw found on Michael Gaine’s farm is to be checked to see if it was used to dismember the 56-year-old farmer who gardaí suspect was murdered. It is not known if other tools or implements found at the site near Moll’s Gap, Kenmare, Co Kerry, are also being sent for forensic analysis. These are also understood to include an amount of rope found in a toolshed at the back of Mr Gaine's cattle shed.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Neil Michael

The community that relies on tourist income from Skellig Michael has called for a review of the way the Office of Public Works handles the issuing of landing permits. The call has come as the OPW remains locked in a legal battle in the High Court with three boat companies over permits. The row is the latest of a number in more than two decades, and community leaders say ‚Äúenough is enough‚ÄĚ.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Neil Michael

The man who was arrested and later released without charge in connection with farmer Michael Gaine’s death is free to leave the country, and no file has been passed to the DPP, according to sources. The man, who is in his 50s, was arrested on Sunday afternoon. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was questioned at length in Killarney Garda Station.