Ireland is due to co-host the tournament with England but has missed a number of critical targets.

In five years, the Corporate Enforcement Authority has said very little publicly about the case

The general manager of one of the country’s leading golf clubs has warned that a plan to target casual golfers could have devastating impact

Saturday week’s Investec Champions Cup Final sees a fund of around zero up for grabs, split evenly between Leinster and Toulouse.

In August 2016 a long-since vanquished FAI board director contacted me and asked for assistance with a problem he had with an unknown lawyer from Ljubljana.

The Grant Thornton economic impact report shows that the value of each attendee was greater than the individual spend by Ryder Cup fans at the K Club in 2006.

Up to 50 instances of commercial abuse of the association’s 150 various brands, crests, and registered trademarks are being identified each year — primarily through the sale of unofficial or fake goods and through the theft of intellectual property (IP) by non-rights holders.

A Liverpool v Roma final was the nightmare for security forces though that prospect has receded after Liverpool's quarter-final first-leg defeat at Anfield.

Randox is an Irish clinical testing company, one whose own fortunes have mushroomed throughout the life-cycle of its headline sponsorship of this famous and prestigious festival.

What the future holds and whether that includes a speculated documentary production is what gives this sponsorship a truly innovative impression — and one where the Sky really is the limit.