People whose job it is to administer the lower reaches of our courts service could be forgiven if from time to time they thought about a career switch to a line of work that might give them a greater sense of achievement.

I am writing this from the Metropole Hotel in Cork, where I was invited to be their writer-in-residence for January, writes Louise O'Neill.

This was the day Ireland’s oldest international fixture, one which was first played in 1875, finally ended in triumph, writes Paul Rouse.

The hissy fits with Sterling were supposed to deflect attention away from the club’s deficiencies. Ha! Good luck with that after yesterday.

Travis Tygart will forever be known as the man who brought Lance Armstrong down. The USADA chief executive explains how he has managed to retain his love for sport despite all he’s uncovered

In the most literary of the new La Liga season’s previews, AS editor Alfredo Relaño wrote that Carlo Ancelotti reminded him of mythical Greek hero Sisyphus.

Dick Clerkin is leaning back against the front wall of Monaghan’s impressive training base at Cloghan, just outside Castleblayney.

Kildare 1-21 Tyrone 3-16

TO Kerry the spoils, to Limerick the admiration.