All-Ireland senior champions Charly Shanks (Armagh) and Catriona Casey (Cork) collected the respective Player of the Year awards at the GAA Handball All-Stars in Croke Park.

A Matter of Life & Death is the new book from football writer Jim White, who purports to tell the history of football in 100 quotations.

Ford Motor Company yesterday said it would keep relying on North America for its profit this year as the second biggest US carmaker signaled that losses in Europe would be more than previously forecast.

The suspected shooting down of a large passenger plane while flying at altitude presents airlines and their passengers with an extremely serious new development in air travel, according to aviation experts.

Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans reckons Everton are capable of thrusting the Premier League title initiative back into the hands of their Merseyside rivals this Saturday by taking points off Manchester City.

By the end of this decade, the traditional ‘nine-to-five’ job will be “obsolete”, a survey has claimed.

Bob Wilson has launched an astonishing attack on Jose Mourinho in which he accuses the Chelsea manager of being a boring bully.

The word is that a Carl Froch-George Groves rematch may take place at Wembley — suitable acknowledgement of a week when boxing pulled off a giant-killing to knock football out of the Controvassy Cup.

Another month, another anniversary, but one that won’t be overlooked on Merseyside in a few weeks will be the birthday — September 2, 1913 — of the man who, in the broad church of football, is revered as a saint.

Richard Fitzpatrick picks his top summer reads — don’t go to the beach without one of these in your bag.

Just as he knew best about most things, it seems Shankly was right again.

IRISH companies are assessing the aptitudes and retraining existing staff to help them bridge skills gaps and boost business performance, a useful and efficient tool in addition to recruitment.

LET it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Please? When there’s no game, you can always pretend Johnson can pass, Torres is bothered and Skrtel knows what day it is.

SO the transfer window slams down on our fingers again, and who were they reaching towards?

LIAM BRADY has backed Giovanni Trapattoni to live long and prosper in football, saying that there’s more than a hint of the legendary ‘Shanks’ about ‘Il Trap’.

THEY paid tribute to Bill Shankly at Anfield last night in their tens of thousands and, while the current Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is still some way short of having the same impact on Merseyside as the legendary Scotsman, goals from David N’gog and Fernando Torres at least ensured a victory over Wigan and an end to recent miseries, for the moment at least.

SO, sadly, I was right to highlight Saturday’s fixture as the most likely falling fence in our otherwise gentle pre-January canter.

RAFAEL BENITEZ has revealed his gratitude to injured players who are forcing themselves through the pain barrier to salvage the club’s season.

THE Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) is not prepared to consider the selection of Star class sailors Peter O’Leary and Stephen Milne for this year’s Games pending the outcome of an appeal against their nomination lodged by Max Treacy and Anthony Shanks.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own. Today, and every Tuesday, he will be acting as referee on your opinions on the Premiership. Let him know what you think and he’ll argue the toss with you.

MARK LAWRENSON believes Rafael Benitez could walk away from the “everyday farce” at Liverpool even if the club win the Champions League for the second time in four seasons.

Mark Lawrenson believes Rafael Benitez could walk away from the “everyday farce” at Liverpool even if the club win the Champions League for the second time in four seasons.

At first, singer Amy Winehouse was heralded as a gifted new artist with an amazing album.

EIGHT families from across the country have signed up to be the leading lights in a unique environmental project to slash energy consumption in their homes.

Rick Parry is adamant the great Bill Shankly would have approved of the takeover of Liverpool by two American tycoons.

IRELAND’S chances of keeping the men’s world handball singles title will become clearer in Canada tonight as the quarter-finals get under way in Edmonton.

WE'VE come full circle, haven't we? Forty years and three weeks ago, the first of what became known as The Great Anfield European Nights took place. Our opponents were from Milan.

Kenny Dalglish summed up the tributes of a whole host of former Liverpool greats when saying Emlyn Hughes will be remembered as a “true legend” of the Anfield club.

DENIS Law walks into the Westbury Hotel and old heads turn. It’s the sort of establishment that shrugs its shoulders when celebrities show up. But George Best has ambled in a while ago — and now Law.

Liverpool legend Tommy Smith backed Gerard Houllier to lead the club to greater glory after their Champions League adventure ended in quarter-final despair in Leverkusen last night.