Maturity isn’t a good fit for every rapper (see: Kanye’s bedraggled coming-to-Jesus phase). But through 2018 it was working a treat for former bad boy — and Ariana Grande’s ex — Mac Miller. But then his story turned to tragedy as that September, the 26 year-old died of an accidental drug overdose.

Scott Brown’s dramatic added-time strike gave Celtic a 2-1 win over Hamilton at Parkhead and put daylight between the Hoops and Rangers at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

One of the other big deaths this week was Clive James, and while we haven’t been able to find any Leeside branches in his family tree, some might remember his visit to the Everyman in 2006 as part of a tour around his memoir, North Face of Soho.

A legal challenge brought over British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks has been rejected by leading judges at the High Court in London.

Leading judges are expected to announce their decision on Friday on the latest legal attack brought over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks.

A 90-degree vertiginous cliff above, and a disappearing ground below, is no place to contemplate the nature of landscape and what actually constitutes an island. Actually I lie.

“I was f****** frozen. I came out a little bit rattled from that.”

When you replace what you can’t say with what you have to say you have the same outcome — censorship, writes Richard Hogan

A pensioner who was stabbed in the legs at his home in Cork City and believed he was going to die saw his attacker jailed for five years yesterday.

A man had to call gardaí to his home in the afternoon because his friend had become drunk and aggressive and was refusing to leave.

Age is just a number for Rod Stewart. 74 years of age, he took the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stage with the gusto and presence of a man half his age.

Superstar Rod Stewart paid a warm tribute to the late footballer Liam Miller, at his concert in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork last night, posting a picture of the former Republic of Ireland, Manchester United and Celtic player on the big screen of his stage.

The UK government must respond to a court ruling that Northern Ireland's abortion laws are in breach of human rights laws, the Women and Equalities Committee has said.

An aggravated burglary at the home of a pensioner at Christmas resulted in a young man pleading guilty to multiple charges yesterday, including assault causing harm to the victim.

A very entertaining 10-try tussle ended 47-17 in France's favour as the Ireland Women suffered their second home defeat of this year's Six Nations campaign.

The GAA’s plans to relax rules governing the use of their property on foot of last year’s Liam Miller tribute controversy in Páirc Uí Chaoimh do not extend to club grounds.

The Director General of the GAA says he was not opposed to hosting the Liam Miller tribute match in Pairc Uí Chaoimh, but refuses to say who he believes 'bullied' the association into providing the venue.

GAA director general Tom Ryan has claimed the organisation’s authorities felt they were “bullied” into hosting the Liam Miller Tribute Game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last summer.

Leinster have brought the curtain down on the Heineken Champions Cup pool stages with the easiest of victories away to Wasps on Sunday afternoon that confirms for them an all-Irish home quarter-final against Ulster at the end of March.

In less than three weeks, Tom Ryan will deliver his first annual report as GAA director general. Just over nine months in the position, it’s an ideal opportunity to address what was at times a turbulent 2018, while also setting out his agenda.

It took a while but, at 52 years young, Denis Irwin finally earned a unique place in the Irish sporting history books by scoring the first ever association football goal at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday.

Little wonder John Hartson and Stiliyan Petrov initially cut sombre figures during the pre-match formalities at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It must have crossed their minds that a game like this might have taken place in Glasgow or Birmingham or London, with one of their names on the tickets.

‘Down the park’ was for the hoi polloi, but City Hall was more bourgeois — the second leg of the Liam Miller Tribute event was an evening of glamour for the better known businessmen and professionals of Cork, where black tie was the order of the night.

Yesterday was a special day in the long list of special days that sport has given us. Yesterday brought us together in so many ways.

Here's your morning bulletin.

Alex Ferguson has revealed how he was “smitten” with Liam Miller’s midfield intelligence the first time he saw the Cork man play.

Miller a GAA star — even in his civies

He wasn’t slow to tell them what was what when Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United were in their pomp and boasted a midfield four of Beckham, Scholes, Keane and Giggs.

Your lunchtime bulletin...

The GAA has been subjected to unfair press coverage over the Liam Miller fund raising event (Malachy Clerkin: ‘Why does GAA keep shooting itself in the foot?’, The Irish Times, July 22).

The GAA has confirmed they will allow the Liam Miller benefit game to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on September 25.

The Minister for Transport, Tourism, and Sport, Shane Ross, has said he would love to see the tribute match for the late Liam Miller take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and that he told the GAA president he wanted “an early solution” to the impasse.

Catch up on all the headlines this lunchtime...

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross has said he would ‘love’ to see the tribute match for the late Liam Miller to take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and that he told the President of the GAA that he wants “an early solution” to the current impasse.

State funding of €30m for Páirc Uí Chaoimh revamp came with expectations about access, say ministers

The GAA have said they will further consider the proposal to host a Liam Miller tribute match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

"It's a lose-lose for them now and it serves them right."

The Mayor of County Cork has offered to act as an honest broker to ensure the GAA holds the Liam Miller memorial fundraiser in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Public pressure continued to mount on the GAA yesterday with more public figures from the world of sport, politics, and beyond calling on the organisation to allow a tribute match to the late Liam Miller take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The meeting will include the GAA's director general Tom Ryan and president John Horan.

Lessons learned from a (long) week in sports.

The GAA has agreed to meet the organisers of a tribute match for the late Liam Miller about hosting the event in Páirc Uí Chaoimh after the Government warned that the association’s previous refusal to grant access to the stadium could breach State aid rules.

They are said to have been snapped up within minutes of going on sale this morning.

The Government is to seek an explanation from the Cork County Board, amid concerns that the decision not to allow the Liam Miller tribute match take place at Pairc Ui Chaoimh may have broken the conditions of a grant paid towards the stadium’s redevelopment.

When Roy Keane is in the dugout, can it ever be called a ‘friendly’?

In recent years, the USGA has suffered from an identity complex. It tries to protect par and live up to its reputation as golf’s toughest test.

A galaxy of global football superstars is being lined up for a special tribute game in Cork later this year for the former Manchester United and Celtic player Liam Miller.

Celtic 2 Republic of Ireland XI 2: This was always going to be a day when the Brown name dominated Celtic Park yet a midfielder with a similarly sounding surname put his stamp on the occasion too.

Meath boss Andy McEntee expressed a mixture of delight and relief after his team boosted their prospects of avoiding the drop to division three following this polished display against fellow strugglers Down at Pairc Tailteann yesterday.