The sponsors of the FA Women’s Cup in England are understood to be frustrated after a committee blocked their request for a girl to be allowed to present the trophy to the winning team in May.

Croke Park’s Hawk-Eye score detection technology won’t be available for use during Sunday’s TG4 All-Ireland ladies football finals, partly because of the associated costs.

Dublin-based ticket-printing firm Adare is being primed for a sale that could fetch €221m (£150m), it emerged today.