An ex-footballer, who served a three-year sentence for killing a woman in Dublin, has been spared jail for getting into a drunken row with Luas security guards.

Shamrock Rovers will be hot favourites to make it two out of two when the champions play host to Monaghan United in the Airtricity League Premier Division at Tallaght Stadium tonight (8pm kick off, all other games 7.45pm).

A former soccer player has been jailed for three years for killing a woman he thought was spreading rumours about his new-born baby being taken into care.

A court has heard a once-talented soccer player killed a woman because he thought she was spreading rumours about his newborn baby being taken into care.

THE Achilles tendon injury suffered by Cork City captain Stephen Napier in Tuesday night’s Carlsberg FAI Cup win over Monaghan Town, will keep him out of the game for the rest of the season — and add considerably to manager Liam Murphy’s injury woes.