Tipperary came from behind with 14 men to edge an intense battle with Kilkenny 4-20 to 0-30 and set up a first All-Ireland final meeting with Munster rivals Cork.
Ancient foes, Kilkenny and Tipperary, met in the All-Ireland SHC final four with Tipp earning the right to meet Cork in the decider in two weeks' time.
The closure of the country's main prison for housing sex offenders has been recommended as a top priority by a group established to advise the Government on future prison capacity needs.
An Israeli delegation is in Qatar for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, as hospital officials in Gaza said 38 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes.
A reduction in the minimum size of studio apartments is among the measures that Cabinet will consider next week to encourage developers to build more apartments.
The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, has turned 90 after a week of celebrations by followers during which he riled China again and spoke about his hope to live beyond 130 and reincarnate after dying.
When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a sunny August morning in 1945.
More than 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded attempting to access aid from the Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to international NGOs, writes Yvonne Murray.
The sixth chapter of All Together Now returns to the beautiful Curraghmore Estate in Waterford on the August bank holiday weekend and it's shaping up to be a good one.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that the US is close to reaching agreements on several trade deals ahead of this Wednesday's deadline when higher tariffs were due to kick in.
The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 67, including 21 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer camp entered a third day.
Interpol's director of organised and emerging crime has said they have been successful in identifying criminal connections to South America and the Middle East as the investigation into those behind the attempted importation of €157 million worth of cocaine on the MV Matthew, moves internationally.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is sending a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a truce in Gaza, but rejected Hamas's earlier truce proposals.
Once frequent rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary meet in the championship for the first time in six years, with a place in the All-Ireland hurling final at stake.
