Providing a home for popular if somewhat discordant sporting occasions, from soccer to cycling, rugby to hurling, Gaelic football to greyhound racing.

The purity and potency of all the main illegal drugs is increasing in Europe drug experts have warned; Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce has called for a full investigation into a $5m payment to the FAI and a man who was paralysed in a car crash almost 25 years ago has taken his first steps. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

When League of Ireland soccer returns to Limerick’s Markets Field after an absence of 31 years tonight, those old enough to remember the good old days of soccer in Limerick will spot the changes inside the stadium immediately.