DUP leader Arlene Foster has dismissed speculation about a Northern Ireland-only backstop and said she expects to meet Boris Johnson tonight.

The DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson has called on the Irish courts and the Irish government to facilitate any extradition request for controversial former priest Patrick Ryan who confessed his involvement with the Brighton bombing on a BBC programme which is to be broadcast on Tuesday night.

The footage from a lost American documentary about the IRA is revealed in a BBC Northern Ireland series marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Troubles.

This is not a column about VAR. I promise. Well, not really. It’s about hurling, and how it appears to be intent on destroying itself. By bringing in VAR. Wait, wait, don’t run away!

Castlerock Golf Club is bidding to host the 2021 Irish Open, initial talks with European Tour officials having already taken place.

Fresh concerns have been raised over the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit, after it emerged that Ireland’s national debt is now so high that every person in this country owes €42,500.

You won’t have many in Donegal arguing Declan Bonner should be talking about things other than Sky Sports this week.

Three senior Irish Examiner journalists and an Echo reporter were among the winners of this year's Justice Media Awards.

Last Friday’s Leinster Championships launch attempted to offer something for everybody.

The night belonged to Mná na hÉireann at the IFTA Gala Television Awards last night.

Better late than never. It was RTÉ on Friday and today is Sky Sports’ turn to reveal their live TV coverage of the GAA championships.

Live coverage of the provincial senior football championships is likely to be severely dented by the introduction of the Super 8 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final stages and the reformatting of the provincial senior hurling competitions as round robins.

The architects of the Good Friday Agreement have joined forces to urge British prime minister Theresa May to end her “aloof” approach to the North and help break the year-long political deadlock two decades on from the historic peace deal.

The Ireland International Rules medical team have taken necessary measures to ensure no player is laid low by a travel bug for Sunday's first test against Australia.

On the 32nd anniversary of the discovery of the wreckage of the Titanic, Conor Kane talks to an underwater explorer, the first Irishman to set eyes on the doomed ship on the bottom of the ocean floor.

The son of Ian Paisley has paid a glowing tribute to Martin McGuinness and urged the Democratic Unionist leadership to follow the example set by the Sinn Fein veteran and his father.

It is being reported that the GAA and Sky Sports are set to renew their coverage of the Championship for a further five years at a cost of €55m to the British broadcaster.

MUSIC NEWS: Max Martin is Sweden’s greatest contribution to pop music since Abba, so it’s probably appropriate that some sort of Eurovision circle gets squared tomorrow when one of his songs is performed at the interval in Stockholm. 

Neil Delamere’s latest TV outing puts an amusing spin on all sorts of science stories, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Reports that a dissident group claimed responsibility for last Friday’s military-style assault at a Dublin hotel have been greeted with a mixture of uncertainty, scepticism, and concern.

A BBC reporter who criticised the corporation for nominating boxer Tyson Fury for the Sports Personality of the Year award says he has been suspended.

The opinions of children and public views on the reliability of news coverage are likely to be measured in a survey of opinions about Irish broadcasting.

“He was a wonderful raconteur and a fantastic presenter. He was a very unselfish man and he was very happy. His weight was down and he was enjoying spending time with his new grandchild and things were good. And then this happened.”

Rory McIlroy believes it is “unthinkable” that he will not win the Masters at some point to complete the career grand slam.

The man can't be rattled.

From prisons to coastal Norway, The Panel comedian has performed his stand-up seemingly everywhere, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

“I believe going to the next Olympic Games that I’m well capable of a gold medal there.”

Golf fans worried about the possibility of a rift between Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will be delighted to see them sitting down together for a TV interview.

Aisling Bea is a performer in the old vaudeville tradition, a Lucille Ball for modern times — she writes, she acts and she does stand-up.

Munster Rugby chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald has called for a motorway to be built between Cork and Limerick.

Cork County Board secretary Frank Murphy believes that the GAA’s new television deal with Sky will force RTÉ to improve its own output with regard to hurling and football, according to the Evening Echo.

Cork County Board secretary Frank Murphy believes that the GAA’s new television deal with Sky will force RTÉ to improve its own output with regard to hurling and football.

Gaelic Players Association founder Donal O’Neill predicts the GAA’s entire commercial revenues will grow significantly as a result of bringing Sky Sports into their stable of media partners.

The GAA has confirmed that Sky Sports has bought exclusive rights to 14 championship games this summer.

Rory McIlroy is gunning to make up for his 2013 disaster by targeting not one but two major wins this year.

RTÉ chiefs were left red-faced when they failed to broadcast a highly publicised, pre-recorded documentary in a prime-time slot and then struggled to air another programme in its place.

The Antrim County Board have expressed their 'surprise and disappointment' at Frank Dawson's decision to resign as the Saffrons' senior football manager.

The Donegal County Board have confirmed this evening that Jim McGuinness will be in charge of the county's senior footballers for the 2014 season

Antrim manager Kevin Ryan has named an unchanged team for the county's historic first All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Championship final appearance against Clare tomorrow evening.

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness has told county board officials the local club championship will have to take a back seat if he is to remain in the job.

The hows and whys of Mayo’s success in a moment – something to do with being able to sort things out as you go along, basically – but first, the headline news from Croke Park yesterday: Joe Brolly failed to detonate.

Cillian O’Connor is all but certain to miss Mayo’s All-Ireland final on September 22 after being forced off with an injury to his already suspect right shoulder yesterday.