County Offaly hurling and football star Neville Coughlan bravely tackled two knife-wielding robbers after they held up a Gala convenience store in Geashill, Offaly.

Rory McIlroy’s nightmare start to 2013 has gone from bad to worse after he was dumped out of the world match play championships by close friend Shane Lowry.

The father of an Irishman facing jail for a sex romp in Dubai has insisted his son is innocent.

President Barack Obama’s cousin, eight times removed, Henry Healy, has called on the Irish Government to extend an invitation to the newly election US leader for another official state visit.

Welsh man Clive Sharp has been charged with the murder of Offaly woman Catherine Gowing, in North Wales.

Paul Ryan is not feeling the love from Ireland that President Obama is continuing to receive, despite also having Irish roots.

Conor McRedmond (28), from Tullamore, County Offaly, could face three years of jail time having been accused of having sex in the back of a taxi with British national, Rebecca Blake.

Offaly are the senior hurling champions for the sixth year in a row after a hard fought battle where they broke the game open in the second half but lived dangerously at the wire. The game opened with nasty scenes in the first two minutes with off the ball incidents across the field. Some of the incidents happened before the game started in fact and they showed all the wrong sides of hurling.

Offaly had an easy victory over Tipperary in the opening senior hurling match of the 2012 season. They used a strong display from Dan Dwyer and Eoin Dillon to dominate the middle and were able to score at will on a glorious Father’s Day at Gaelic Park.

The famed Shrine of St. Manchan was located via an “intelligence-led search” after being stolen on Friday from St Manchan's Church near Lemanaghan in Co Offaly. Two men were arrested in connection with the crime but have since been released from gardai custody after the 6th century relic was located.

Westmeath won the battle of the Midlands with an easy victory in this junior KO contest on Sunday. They had far too many weapons and used a powerful midfield performance from Jeff Farrell and the late arriving Vinnie Gavin to carry them to victory. 

An Offaly family has praised the actions of a young policewoman who delivered their new baby daughter in the hallway of their home.

The Michael Flannery Cup, also known as the New York senior hurling title, has had many winners over the years. Only one side has achieved the five in a row, Tipperary from 1952 to ’56, while Offaly have a four in a row previously from 1925 to ‘28.

A four-year-old girl was killed last Friday after falling off of a tractor in a farm near Killeigh, County Offaly. The young girl, named Maria McInerney, is said to have been playing on the tractor at her grandfather’s home when she suddenly slipped, fell and hit her head.

U.S. President Barack Obama is not the only Offaly man in the White House, it has emerged.

U.S. President Barack Obama is not the only Offaly man in the White House, it has emerged.

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By: CATHAL DERVAN

The loss of midfielder John Coughlan to an early second half red card cost Offaly dearly in their 1-20 to 2-7 Leinster SFC defeat to Meath on Sunday, and even Royals boss Eamon O’Brien admitted as much afterwards.