Irish Water will have to wait on a judge’s decision over whether it can proceed with plans to lay a sewage pipe through lands owned by the Duke of Devonshire and which would discharge treated waste water into Youghal Bay.

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Collegiate life as a Duke Blue Devils golfer certainly does not lack excitement, according to Slieve Russell talent Lisa Maguire.

Margaret Jennings discovers that the more you exercise, the more your body has the capacity to fight off debilitating illnesses — in spite of inherited disease

Duke Nukem finally has a home after a custody battle between Gearbox and 3D Realms. Gearbox has retained the rights to the franchise.

Stephanie Meadow and Graeme McDowell both won nine times during their US college careers but Leona Maguire could blow their records out of the water after a sensational start to life at Duke University in North Carolina.

In spite of his previous attempts to quell the public obsession with his ailing golf career, Tiger Woods is truly the only spark that ignites the interest of the general US public.

It was both crass and amusing - not a unique combination by any stretch when it comes to Las Vegas and all that makes the infamous Strip tick.

Ireland’s sensational golfing twins, Lisa and Leona Maguire, are heading Stateside after top results in the Leaving Certificate.

WORLD CUP POPES

A paralysed teen will use a mind-controlled robotic suit to help stand, walk and make the opening kick in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

If you’re knee deep in the Netflix series House of Cards like me and Barack Obama, then you’ll know the office of the Vice President of the United States of America has rarely enjoyed a more glamorous or salacious depiction of its daily agenda.

Horrified team-mates wept as a player’s leg bone snapped during one of the most closely watched US college basketball games of the year.

The new Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) in Belfast is hosting a series of concerts as musician Duke Special takes over as guest organiser.

Derry’s CultureTECH festival today announced details of a music lineup including electronic act The Japanese Popstars and a free public performance from pianist and songwriter Duke Special.

One of Ireland’s largest maritime festivals kicks off in Cork tonight marking the start of a bumper bank holiday weekend of water and land-based activity.

EIGHT years ago today, Peter Canavan sat in the lounge of a Dublin hotel to catch the end of the rugby World Cup final.

Hull 2 Wigan 3

Hull 0 Sunderland 1

Burnley 2 Hull 0

Aidan O’Brien is planning to let both Duke Of Marmalade and Henrythenavigator tackle the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday week.

Veteran politician Edward Kennedy was making a good recovery from surgery on a brain tumour, doctors said today.

IRISH golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Irish golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Gareth Shaw and Johnny Caldwell capped a stellar seven days in the United States on Monday when they learned their destination for the NCAA Regional championships later this month.

Belfast’s Johnny Caldwell got his final season under way as a University of South Alabama Jaguar with a top-25 finish as the University of Florida’s Sun Trust Gator Invitational.

A RESEARCHER at the University of Limerick has won a place at a top US college to further her studies into blood-flow and vascular disease.

A MENTAL arithmetic challenge between two monkeys and 14 university students almost ended in an embarrassing draw, it was revealed yesterday.

THE circuit court has rejected a claim that a fishery in Cappoquin leased by the Duke of Devonshire to a local angling group was not owned by the duke in the first place.

AIDAN O’Brien’s Duke Of Marmalade is now as short as 3-1 for Saturday’s Boylesports 2000 Guineas at the Curragh.

There was disappointment all round for Ireland's trio of golfers at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional Championships this week, despite some good individual performances.

Prosecutors in Raleigh, North Carolina today dropped all charges against the three Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a party.

GLEN and Rebekah Markham are a bit taken aback by the worldwide publicity surrounding their child, scheduled to arrive by Caesarean section today.

Sisters Tara and Karen Delaney helped Kent State University to a 21st-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Ohio but neither of the Carlow siblings will be happy with their contributions.

Charles Saatchi is moving his gallery from London’s County Hall following an “endless campaign of petty unpleasantness” by its landlord, he said today.

A NATURAL relaxant that opens the airways may offer a new treatment for asthma, researchers said yesterday.

GREAT BRITAIN & Ireland Curtis Cup captain, Monkstown’s Ada O’Sullivan, is planning to use the spectre of playing against teenage sensation Michelle Wie to motivate her eight-member squad.

THE former girlfriend of the Duke of York, Koo Stark, has told how several top doctors in London failed to diagnose her breast cancer, advising her there was “no urgency” to remove a lump.