Eighteen years ago, Tyrone proposed and succeeded in having a motion passed that there would be a 10-year moratorium on changes to the playing rules of Gaelic football.

Ulster are making no official comment on speculation in New Zealand and Australia that their newly appointed head man Jono Gibbes is being hunted by Wallaby coach Michael Cheika.

After captaining Carnacon to a sixth All-Ireland senior ladies club football title at Parnell Park today, Cora Staunton said "I can go now" on her Australian adventure this week.

Sources in Ireland close to Damien Duff have cautioned that it is too soon to assess the long-term implications of the apparently serious injury he suffered at the weekend while playing in the Australian A-League.

A new study has highluighted the dangers of teenagers sharing personal and private details with complete strangers.

Liam Miller is the latest player to be linked to John Caulfield’s Cork City, according to the Evening Echo.

Following the abysmal showing of Australia’s international rules side last October and the subsequent promise that it wouldn’t happen again this year, it appears the Aussies have kept their word by naming an exceptionally strong squad.

Mayo County Board will issue their new manager with a series of conditions he must adhere to before taking the job.

The Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t have picked a worse time to record their first win in 27 attempts.

The Rolling Stones will tour Australia and New Zealand in October.

Watching the excellent ‘Feile Dreams’ documentary last Monday, it seemed, at first, extraordinary to think coaches of Irish birth or descent could actually go and sell the game of Gaelic football to a group of kids born and raised in London, most of whose roots are traced back to Africa rather than Achill, Athlone or Annascaul.

Conor Murray believes the onus is now more than ever on the young blood in the Munster camp to take the province to greater heights.

Off-field scandals continue to plague Australian mainstream sport

British and Irish Lions wing George North has been passed fit to face Australia in Saturday’s opening Test at Suncorp Stadium.

It is too easy to be cynical about The Lions. But if I have learned anything in life, it is that; if an easy option presents itself, your search for options is over.

Ireland fly-halves Ronan O’Gara and Jonathan Sexton are giving their respective provinces plenty to think about for very different reasons ahead of crucial final Heineken Cup pool games this weekend.

Michael Owen's future could lie in Australia after Perth Glory claimed they have been approached by the former England striker's agent about a move.

David Beckham’s representatives insist the Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder has “absolutely no plans to play in Australia” despite an insistence from Down Under that the former England captain has been in preliminary talks with A-League clubs.

Mel B is applying for Australian citizenship.

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Derry defender Chrissy McKaigue has revealed he may return to Australia and resume his AFL career next season.

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Former France international Sebastien Chabal has confirmed he will move to Australia to play Super Rugby in the coming weeks.

Zaidpour had no trouble landing the odds in the Tara Hurdle at Navan this afternoon.

TADHG KENNELLY is leaning towards beginning a career in the Australian media.

THE last great example of the Irish experiment will fly back home next week with much to ponder about his future.

Colm Begley believes that GAA authorities should put measures in place so that players who are selected for International Rules duty avoid any potential 'club versus country' rows.

Dublin's All-Ireland final hero Stephen Cluxton and Laois' former Aussie Rules player Colm Begley are free to play for Ireland in the International Rules Series against Australia.

Marty Clarke has completed his move to Aussie Rules football club Collingwood.

DUBLIN may be the All-Ireland champions and favourites to claim the majority of All Stars but a fixtures backlog on the club scene has put a halt to ambitions of dominating the International Rules team.

FROM wiry teenage hurler to a Rugby World Cup forward, there is still more than a touch of the Tipperary fanatic in Donnacha Ryan as he prepares for the trip of his life to New Zealand next week.

ALL STAR Down forward Danny Hughes has questioned Cork’s ability to put back-to-back All-Ireland titles together and predicted that Kerry will ultimately reign supreme this year.

Celtic players returned for pre-season training today with striker Daryl Murphy happy to get the first day’s work under his belt.

There is mounting speculation that Down All-Star Martin Clarke will rejoin Australian Rules club Collingwood later this year.

CLARE footballer Graham Kelly has been hit by a whopping ten-week suspension following his late altercation with Cork’s John Miskella in last Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final.

Some of Ireland’s finest young players have headed Down Under in search of a career as a professional sportsman. While, the allure of Sydney and Australia’s other attractions fill many a dream, the reality for Tommy Walsh, Michael Quinn, Chris McKaigue and Setanta Ó hAilpÍn also includes bouts of homesickness and a punishing schedule.

TADHG KENNELLY has sparked more speculation about a possible return to the Kerry fold by admitting he is unsure if he will remain in Australia when his contract with AFL outfit Sydney Swans expires at the end of this year.

THE prospect of a clash of the two biggest Irish stars Down Under was wrecked yesterday when Setanta Ó hAilpín was unceremoniously dropped from the Carlton Blues line-up for this weekend’s AFL showdown with Sydney.

EOIN MORGAN is likely to get the opportunity to boost his Ashes credentials against Pakistan this summer after England lost the services of Ian Bell for the series.

HOT on the heels of the heroics of Sean Óg and Aisake for the Cork hurlers last weekend, the Australian arm of the O hAilpín sporting dynasty continues to make headlines in the AFL.

Paul O’Connell will be given every chance to prove his fitness for Ireland’s summer tour but a contingency plan has been drawn up in case he fails to recover in time.

MARTIN JOHNSON fired a warning to Australia that England will head Down Under next month with the strongest touring team since he lifted the Rugby World Cup on their shores in 2003.