Subscription channel Setanta Sports has trumpeted itself as "the big winners" from the distribution of Champions League and Europa League television rights in Ireland for the next three years.

A lower-league football club is offering season tickets for as little as £10 to try to fill the terraces.

FOR five decades, Gay Byrne has taken a central role in Ireland’s national conversation.

Giovanni Trapattoni is expected to make prompt use of his FAI reprieve by attending a Premier League game this weekend, with Carrow Road — where Norwich host Arsenal in a late kick-off tomorrow — a likely destination.

Neil Lennon saw enough from new boy Lassad Nouioui in the 2-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League win over Dundee to suggest he will be a good addition to his squad.

He could potentially be sacked by the time the transfer window closes if comments from the club’s global adviser are to be believed but Blackburn manager Steve Kean is on the lookout for a new striker and is looking for players close to these shores.

RTÉ have explained the reasons why they won’t be showing a live All-Ireland SFC quarter-final this Sunday.

Cork’s International Airport Hotel, developed five years ago at a cost of up to €40m, is for sale via a receiver for €4.75m.

Holders Celtic will face Peterhead in the William Hill Scottish Cup fourth round in January following today’s draw at Hampden.

IRELAND’s glamorous Rugby World Cup warm-up against England at the Aviva Stadium next month will not be broadcast live on RTÉ or any terrestrial network, it has emerged.

CELTIC yesterday announced plans to appeal manager Neil Lennon’s six-match touchline ban from the Scottish Football Association.

The most recent Scottish Cup finalists will meet again in the fourth round of this season’s competition after Dundee United were handed a home clash against Ross County.

LIVE GAA coverage will soon become the poor relation in the RTÉ sports schedule.

RTÉ Television has retained highlights rights to the Premier League up to and including the 2012/2013 season.

ALLY McCOIST refused to blame injuries to key players as holders Rangers almost crashed out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round at Hamilton.

The weekend's football schedule has been decimated in the UK as the freezing weather conditions tighten their grip.

A BIT like the man himself, I was guilty of a bad miss the other night, only catching up with RTÉ’s Champions League coverage from Madrid when the Atletico-Liverpool match was all over and the panel were already in gloves and masks performing what looked like a pretty grisly post-mortem on Robbie Keane.

Arsenal’s heartbreaking European exit could be followed by the final nail in their Premier League hopes tomorrow at Manchester United. Does this double disappointment have any implications for Arsene Wenger, and his footballing philosophies, asks Tony Leen.

Shelbourne will have some new faces on show when they take on Wexford Youths in their League Div One game in Tolka Park tomorrow night.

IN this hectic world where people are working harder to sustain their lifestyle, the question of value is a serious issue.

FINANCIAL advisers to Jurys Doyle Group and Precinct have been engaged in serious talks over the past week thrashing out details of the €1.04 billion bid on the table from Precinct.

THE Gaelic Players Association is confident that the deadlock with RTÉ over player interviews will finally be broken today after a week of protracted and complicated discussions.

Two Bank of Scotland Premier League matches and Sunderland’s Division One clash with Preston were the highest profile victims of the weather today.

Hibernian 1 Celtic 2

ANOTHER example yesterday of how Sunday is an All-Ireland football final with a difference.

Draw for the CIS Insurance Cup second round.

Portsmouth 1 Sheffield Utd 2

Today’s Scottish football programme has been badly hit because of the freezing temperatures north of the border.