Irish Distillers have been named Cork Company of the Year for driving the global renaissance of Irish whiskey.

Mauricio Pochettino maintains Tottenham’s priorities lie elsewhere but after suffering a second cup exit in four days, and weighed down by injuries to key players, the manager must confront mounting concerns the north London club’s season is in danger of unravelling.

From U2 to The Waterboys, the ace fiddler has played on some iconic tracks. Now settled in Sligo, he’s named his new album after his beekeeping hobby, writes Ed Power.

Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 2: It was only a one-word answer. But no question posed to Pep Guardiola after Manchester City’s latest victory elicited a more telling response.

Everton 1, Crystal Palace 1: Crystal Palace had a goal controversially disallowed as their Premier League winning streak came to an end with a 1-1 draw at Everton.

Crystal Palace 0 West Brom 1

The tax system is facilitating bogus self-employment “at the click of a mouse” allowing employers to escape having to pay workers their entitlements.

Arsenal 1 Crystal Palace 1

Crystal Palace 1 Tottenham 3

Manchester City 4 Crystal Palace 0: Pablo Zabaleta hopes there is plenty more to come from Sergio Aguero after his fellow Argentinian’s double in Manchester City’s defeat of Palace.

Everton 1 Crystal Palace 1: Romelu Lukaku’s 50th goal in Everton blue rescued a point for Roberto Martinez’s side as both clubs continued their chase for European football in this most unpredictable of Premier League seasons.

Everton manager Roberto Martinez is not content with receiving plaudits for the style of his football and will continue to strive for perfection ahead of Crystal Palace’s visit tonight (8pm, live on Sky Sports 1).

Crystal Palace 5 Newcastle 1: Steve McClaren hopes Mike Ashley will back him to the hilt so he can command the dressing-room respect needed to win Newcastle’s relegation dogfight.

Jermain Defoe picked Scott Dann’s pocket for a poacher’s finish to seal Sunderland’s 1-0 Premier League victory at Crystal Palace.

My computer – ancient like myself – broke down, and I was unable to reply to Donal O Keeffe’s letter in response to my letter of August 24.

Crystal Palace 1  Arsenal 2:

Alan Pardew has never been slow to offer reminders when he has done something well, and considering Crystal Palace’s transformation from relegation-threatened to top half of the table this year, backed up by the most impressive transfer dealings of any side outside of the top six excepting Stoke, that knowing grin has widened.

Yohan Cabaye hopes his perfect start on his return to the Premier League can give Crystal Palace a platform to mount a successful campaign.

Irish women’s golf has gone through many ups and downs over the years but there has nearly always been a big star to keep things ticking over, from a Philomena Garvey or Clarrie Reddan to a Mary McKenna or a Maureen Madill.

Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0: Arsenal needed a point to all but confirm third place in the Premier League; Sunderland needed a point to escape relegation; three of the last six games between the teams at the Emirates had ended goalless. Can you guess what the score was yet?

Sunderland 0 Leicester 0: Leicester players are backing both Nigel Pearsons for manager of the year awards after the Foxes completed perhaps the greatest of all escapes. That’s one for the man we see in public, and another for the real Pearson.

Everton 0 Sunderland 2: Jermain Defoe may not be an obvious choice as the most significant signing of the 2014-15 Premier League season, but the veteran staked a powerful claim when his goal helped Sunderland collect three vital points at Goodison.

Sunderland striker Danny Graham’s first goal for the club may have been a fluke but its significance could not be under-estimated as the Black Cats took another step towards Premier League survival.

Sunderland 1 Newcastle United 0: Jermain Defoe is a quick learner. Sunderland’s recent acquisition has spent the last fortnight taking a crash-course in Wear-Tyne derby history, and it took him less than 45 minutes to write his name indelibly into its latest chapter.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to inflict defeat on new Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat in his first match in charge and finally bring some cheer back to Upton Park.

Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 4:

Sunderland 0 West Brom 0: Lee Cattermole is ready to spark another successful Sunderland survival fight.

FA Cup Fifth Round: Bradford 2 Sunderland 0: Bradford, a city whose last meaningful flirtation with the FA Cup came some 104 years ago, now stand one victory from a Wembley semi-final after a stunning 2-0 upset of Premier League Sunderland at Valley Parade.

Premier League

Sunderland 0 QPR 2

Team news for tonight's Premier League games .

Sunderland 2 Burnley 0: Sunderland striker Connor Wickham insists another fight for Barclays Premier League survival has never crossed his mind.

The Waterboys have tweaked their style for a new album. Mike Scott tells Niall Murray all about it.

Sunderland 0 Fulham 0: FA Cup Fourth Round: It’s not just dour stalemates that have become an all-too regular feature of Sunderland’s Groundhog Day season.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 22 in the Premier League.

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1: Where’s Niall Quinn when you need him?

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 21 in the Premier League.

Sunderland 1 Leeds United 0

Manchester City 3 Sunderland 2

Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 0