Jose Mourinho has decried the €5m Fifa payment to the FAI as “the end of the world” amid continuing calls for more detail regarding the circumstances of the loan.

Cycling Ireland’s honorary president Rory Wyley is remaining tight-lipped on the likely outcome of today’s crucial board meeting which willdiscuss whether UCI President Pat McQuaid will be nominated by the Irish federation for election to a third term of office at the world governing body.

Thousands of counterfeit DVDs and CDs were seized in a raid on a counterfeit copying plant in Co Louth last night.

Dublin has received a boost with the news it will stage next year's World Cross Country championships.