The Naval Service has confirmed it will send the LÉ Róisín to the Mediterranean Sea at the end of this month to resume humanitarian missions.

Taking stock after a month of crisis, analysts said yesterday that most European bond yields, including Ireland’s, have weathered well as fears about the Greek exit abated, while the euro has weakened against sterling as the UK interest rates rise draws closer.

Italy have confirmed they will bid to host Rugby World Cup 2023 – the first nation to cement their opposition to Ireland.

A cargo ship said to be carrying 700 migrants which was taken under Italian control at sea has docked in the Italian port of Gallipoli.

As you load your trolley with booze this Christmas, it’s worth remembering a huge chunk of your money goes straight to the Government, says Leslie Williams

The future of Leeds United and owner Massimo Cellino remains unclear after the Football League announced that the Italian failed its owners’ and directors’ test.

TWO THINGS I pleasurably waste a lot of time on are property supplements and travel websites.

Jack Wilshere has told Mario Balotelli to forget any plans he may have to wind England up on Saturday.

Amanda Knox has again proclaimed her innocence and dismissed the findings of an Italian appeals court that says she delivered the fatal blow to her roommate in 2007.

Amanda Knox claims there is "no logic" to an Italian court’s decision to reinstate her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox has declared her innocence over the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher in an email to the Italian court hearing the case against her, and said she was staying away from the trial out of fear of being wrongly convicted.

The way Martin O’Neill tells it, he’ll probably start to suffer “withdrawal symptoms” at some stage today.

The IRB have said they ‘do not believe’ in an Anglo-French tournament to replace the Heineken Cup and will veto the proposal if it is put to them.

If one of the most basic aims of management is to improve a team’s existing status, it’s going to be interesting to see where the starting point for the next Ireland manager is considered to be.

Given that the obituaries have already been written, the essential challenge facing Giovanni Trapattoni and the Ireland team here in Vienna this evening might properly be said to belong to the realms of the paranormal: to somehow prove that, in football at least, there can be life after death.

Giovanni Trapattoni accepts that his days as manager of Ireland are numbered.

Giovanni Trapattoni will be counting them all out and trusting he can count them all back in again this weekend.

John O’Shea has paid tribute to “unsung hero” Glenn Whelan as the midfielder prepares to win his 50th cap for the Republic of Ireland against Wales tonight.

Italy’s economy will begin emerging from its longest slump since the Second World War in the fourth quarter of this year and should grow through 2014, its economy minister Fabrizio Saccomanni said.

CHAMPIONSHIP

FAI chief executive John Delaney has challenged Giovanni Trapattoni to lead Ireland to four wins from their remaining five World Cup qualifiers.

On the eve of this excellent Irish performance, Sweden’s main man had insisted there was no difference between his displays for his country and his club.

Italy’s cost of borrowing surged yesterday as investors dumped the country’s bonds in the wake of the general election.

ECB president Mario Draghi’s press conference yesterday turned out to be a damp squib, as he said little that would move the markets either way.

In-form Norwich midfielder Wes Hoolahan will get a chance to make an impression at international level after being named in Giovanni Trapattoni’s latest Republic of Ireland squad.

Roberto Di Matteo insists he has no plans to give John Terry a complete break from football while he serves his four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.

Ireland boss would do well to follow the example of Germany’s long-time coach, argues Miguel Delaney

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is relieved the latest in a number of recent “mistakes” did not cost his side at Fulham today.

By the time Giovanni Trapattoni finished reading out his 23-man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Faroe Islands yesterday, 17 of the names had been on duty in Poland during the summer.

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni is praying for a miracle after placing key defender Richard Dunne on standby for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Faroe Islands.

Dozens of people are missing and one body has been recovered after a migrant boat sank off a small Mediterranean island near Italy.

Kazakhstan captain Kairat Nurdauletov has warned the Republic of Ireland that his team will settle for nothing less than victory in tomorrow's World Cup qualifier in Astana.

New campaign, same old Giovanni Trapattoni. And, as a result, the World Cup qualifiers will likely see the same old Ireland.

Just a few short weeks ago — which now feels more like many long years, — Ireland were sitting pretty and serene in their Montecatini base in Tuscany while no more than 30 miles away at their Coverciano training camp, Italy’s footballers were waking up to dawn raids, shock-horror headlines and all the trappings of another explosive calcio scandal.

Marco Tardelli does not consider the Republic of Ireland to be the "Cinderella" of Euro 2012 Group C.

Fourteen-match unbeaten run: It hasn’t all been plain sailing — remember Moscow? — but Ireland return to Europe’s top table tomorrow night on the back of an impressive unbeaten streak stretching back to 3-2 friendly defeat against Uruguay in March of last year.

Giovanni Trapattoni believes the Republic of Ireland’s qualification for Euro 2012 has lifted the mood of the nation at a difficult time for the country.

Greece closed a bond swap offer to private creditors last night after clearing the minimum threshold of acceptance to push the deal through, moving closer to unlocking funds it needs to avoid a dangerous debt default.

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Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has asked skipper Robbie Keane to be his Francesco Totti as he begins his preparations for the Euro 2012 finals.

Fabio Capello will meet FA chairman David Bernstein later this week for talks over the decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.

Divers have found a woman's body in a submerged section of the grounded Costa Concordia, raising the death toll in the cruise liner tragedy to at least 12.