It was claimed that Rosie Connolly's face had been filtered and photoshopped to promote a Rimmel Foundation.

The Irish rowing team have claimed two medals at the World Rowing Cup I in Belgrade this morning.

My attention was caught t’other day by a piece in the paper headlined ‘World Cup: Ten Talking Points From The Midweek Friendlies’.

Ireland 3 Iceland 1: Derry City midfielder Rory Hale took just 14 seconds to mark his international U21 debut last night with a goal by firing Ireland on the way to victory against Iceland.

Skibbereen’s ability to produce rowers - and raconteurs - was in evidence on a glorious morning at the European Championships in the Czech Republic.

Irish Rural Link has said services in local communities are being diminished at a time when the Government has launched a number of initiatives aimed at rejuvenating those same towns and villages.

An 82-year-old woman has received a suspended sentence for claiming over €200,000 in social welfare payments using the name of a dead woman.

An electrical appliance manufacturer has been awarded just under €80,000 by the High Court after a security company employee allowed €33,000 of stock to be stolen from its warehouse.

With all eyes on our rugby heroes as the World Cup draws near, Arlene Harris meets other sportsmen and women who fly the flag for Ireland but remain relatively unknown

Mark English has vowed not to allow his disappointing 800m performance at last night’s Cork City Sports meet affect his European U23 championships gold medal bid.

The possibility of some bus routes being curtailed or scrapped has been described as “another nail in the coffin” of rural Ireland by campaigners.

The Irish Farmers’ Association gave the thumbs up to budget measures aimed at encouraging land leasing, but opposition parties and lobby groups claim the Government had failed rural communities.

Tomorrow, sailing will become the first Irish sport to contest for a place at the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Ireland’s Josie Knight has won a silver medal in the Junior Women’s Individual Pursuit at the UEC European U23/Junior Track Championships in Anadia, Portugal.

Mayo’s Ciara Ginty was celebrating on the double in Albena, Bulgaria on Saturday.

A former political lobbyist has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he made cash payments to county councillors to secure their votes for the rezoning of land.

Young people in rural areas have given up on Ireland, with nine out of 10 considering emigration, according to Irish Rural Link’s CEO Seamus Boland.

A Wicklow solicitor has today been jailed for two years for stealing €130,000 from his clients.

As the screw turns, rural households are first in line to be pushed below — or further below — the poverty line.

There have been mixed results for Irish athletes so far on the eighth day of the Paralympic games with Boccia hopeful Johnny Cronin unsuccessful in his bid, and cyclist Colin Lynch marked as DNF (Did Not Finish).

A shortlist of 10 riders and 11 horses has been put together for Olympic consideration by Team Ireland Equestrian’s eventing high performance manager Ginny Elliot.

RORY McILROY is gunning for Luke Donald.

In a 36-strong starting field that boasted some of the world's top riders, Ireland claimed two top ten spots in this afternoon's Longines Grand Prix at St. Gallen in Switzerland.

THE IFA and the disadvantaged areas community group Irish Rural Link are at loggerheads over how best to distribute European funds to support community development in rural Ireland.

Estonia’s centre-right government is poised to stay in power for a second term after winning a clear parliamentary majority in the Baltic country’s first election as a eurozone member, preliminary results showed.

Estonia holds its first election as a eurozone member today, with the centre-right government hoping for an unprecedented second term for steering one of Europe’s most depressed economies back to growth.

Thirty-one year-old Cian O'Connor has been awarded the Leading Rider trophy after finishing second in the four-star Grand Prix at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates today with the Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser'.

FINE GAEL has warned that badly-managed and poorly-regulated competition in the postal services could see private sector companies “cherry-picking” parts of the service, leaving An Post as a loss-making entity.

Ireland's Cian O'Connor won today's opening competition at London Olympia's five-star show, just as he had won the closing competition of 2009 at the same venue.

ALAIN ROLLAND will help kick-off the 2011 RBS Six NationsChampionship when he referees the opening day clash between Wales and England at the Millennium Stadium on February 4.

MORE must be done to help farm families develop alternative sources of income, according to Irish Rural Link (IRL).

Billy Twomey chalked up his second win at Barcelona's five-star show today in the fourth competition of the weekend.

It was three-in-a-row for Ireland at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show today with Billy Twomey and Shane Breen taking outright victory in the first two classes and Cian O'Connor sharing victory in the Puissance.

BOHEMIANS have been drawn against Welsh side TNS (now The New Saints, formerly Total Network Solutions) in the Champions League second round qualifying round.

MUCH of the €50 million allocated to the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) will not be drawn down in 2010, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association.

Ireland's Denis Lynch claimed a €23,000 victory in this afternoon's German Grand Prix at Wiesbaden, narrowly beating Germany's World No. 2 Marcus Ehning to the prize.