The impressive 2018 winners will face the top-three teams in the all-time roll of honour.

Basketball stalwart Jimmy Diggins received a standing ovation when he was presented with Basketball Ireland President’s Award at the National Arena on Saturday.

A number of Irish academics are involved in an undersea expedition searching for evidence of the first Irish settlers.

Planners have questioned the validity of the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 plan, saying while its promises are welcome, it appears to be focussed on politics instead of focussed on reforms.

NUI Galway will play wither UCC or Garda College in Round 2 of the Sigerson Cup as first-half goals from Damien Comer and Brian Donovan set them on the road to an easy win over IT Sligo.

“While the results of our surveys have exceeded all expectations, they have also revealed that Vinegar Hill has been extensively stripped by illegal [metal] detectorists, and impacted mby various developments, both of which have had a profound and detrimental impact on our knowledge,” said Ronan O’Flaherty.

Big weekend for the Murtagh household. Well, bigger weekend than usual.

Aisling Devitt is one of a growing number of students choosing apprenticeships over college, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray. 

Tipperary captain Padraic Maher says there’s plenty of young talent coming through in the county but they must take their chances in the league if they want to experience championship glory first hand.

14-man IT Sligo advanced to the Sigerson Cup first round with victory over GMIT at Tuam.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has called for third-level teams to be pulled from the province’s FBD league.

When Rory Gallagher began kicking ball on the Navan Rd back in 2002 he got an insight as to what football was like in the capital.

The National Council for Special Education has had no board since the previous 13-member board’s term ended at the end of last year.

A Conor O’Carroll hat-trick powered Trinity College Dublin to a second successive Ryan Cup title at the expense of Queen’s University Belfast at CIT on Saturday.

Queens University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin will contest this afternoon’s Ryan Cup decider after both teams came through extremely tight semi-final affairs.

Times weren’t always this good for the hurlers of Mary I.

FBD League - Mayo 1-12 NUI Galway 1-10: Late frees from goalkeeper Rob Hennelly and Kevin McLoughlin helped new Mayo manager Stephen Rochford get off to a winning start against the students of NUI Galway in Castlebar.

Stephen Rochford’s reign as Mayo manager got off to a winning start when they were pushed all the way by NUIG before emerging 1-12 to 1-10 winners.

He ended the season with his first piece of significant silverware as a Tipperary hurler but John O’Dwyer has still labelled the 2015 campaign as a considerable let down.

As a loyal Kildare servant, Damien Hendy has become accustomed to criticism.

Prince Charles wished the students of IT Sligo “good luck in your exams” as he left the college following his short tour.

Ryan Cup Roundup

The hurlers of IT Carlow and Limerick IT face three games in five days in their bid to annex hurling’s Fitzgibbon Cup.

Sigerson Cup semi-finals DCU v UCD, Mardyke (R Hickey, Clare), 2pm

UCD football manager John Divilly believes the credibility of the Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup competitions has been seriously damaged by the eligibility controversies involving players from IT Carlow, IT Sligo and QUB.

Uncertainty hung over the Fitzgibbon Cup last night as IT Carlow’s appeal dragged into the early hours.

Uncertainty surrounds the Fitzgibbon Cup after IT Carlow last night confirmed they were appealing their expulsion from the competition.

Today: UCC v IT Sligo, Mardyke, 2pm:

IT Sligo and QUB officials have slammed the GAA’s Higher Education committee for claiming both third-level institutions fielded ineligible players in the Sigerson Cup.

Queens University Belfast have confirmed they will contest their expulsion from the Sigerson Cup.

IT Sligo have been thrown out of the Sigerson Cup, for fielding an ineligible player against Queens University, while QUB have not been reinstated after it also emerged that they fielded ineligible players.

Mayo 0-15 IT Sligo 0-06: A second successive routine victory kept Mayo on course for a place in the FBD League Final as they overcame IT Sligo in Ballina yesterday.

An AFL player has left his native Australia for Ireland in an effort to become an inter-county footballer with Roscommon.

Three of today’s four FBD League games brought wins for new men at the helm as Mayo, Leitrim and Galway emerged winners along with Roscommon.

UUJ 1-14 IT Sligo 0-11

IT Sligo 1-13 NUI Galway 0-8

Leitrim and Roscommon will face off in next weekends FBD League Football League Final, following this afternoon's action in Connacht.

Mayo manager James Horan wants GAA referees’ chief Pat McEnaney to review the black card ruling before the National League begins to prevent “anarchy” taking place in matches.

Mayo were held to a draw by IT Sligo in the FBD League today, while Leitrim, Sligo and Roscommon recorded wins.