Sligo artist Dan Leydon has already claimed a Champions League three-in-a-row this season, but now the Liverpool fan hopes Real Madrid stop following in his footsteps.

The Government is facing into three days of Dáil questioning on its Ireland 2040 plan unveiled on Friday.

Kyran Fitzgerald asks if the country’s costly obsession with sending students to college for

One student was expelled from Dundalk Institute of Technology due to alleged disorderly conduct and sexual harassment against a staff member.

Society must stop attributing familicide to mental health factors alone and recognise it as unacceptable child murder, writes Paul Gilligan

Sigerson Cup handed holders and hosts UCC face a mouthwatering round 1 derby opener with Cork IT, following the draws, which were made yesterday.

Ireland’s universities have fallen down the international league table again. Should we be concerned, asks Kyran Fitzgerald.

In sport and in life, everybody wants to be like Eddy Merckx – the outrageously gifted Belgian cyclist whose natural talent and extra-terrestrial strength allowed him to brush aside his rivals with contemptuous ease.

Three of the participants in today’s Sigerson Cup semi-finals have collected titles in the past four years but while silverware has eluded them, NUI Maynooth have still shown remarkable consistency.

HISTORY will be made tonight in Ballyhaunis, Mayo when the Connacht Council’s Centre of Excellence hosts it’s first matches — the opening games of the FBD League.

Students at Sligo IT have designed a road safety device aimed at reducing deaths by monitoring erratic driver behaviour.

LONDON GAA chiefs are set to face a bill in the region of €20,000 in order to enter a team in next year’s FBD League competition with Connacht Council officials insisting that they are not in a position to provide monetary assistance as all the competing teams look after their own financial affairs when entering the pre-season event.

As a player Rory Gallagher always made a big impression and brought a swagger to Fermanagh football. Now, as right hand man to Jim McGuinness, he’s bringing that style to Donegal.

A WORRYING trend of college “shifting” pages has taken over social networking site Facebook.

PAUL GALVIN has welcomed the opportunity provided by his recent enrolment in Dublin IT to win a Sigerson Cup medal he missed out on with UCC in the 2002 final.

CRAIG DIAS faces a hectic February if he is to help the ambitions of his club, college and county in winning silverware.

DUBLIN senior Diarmuid Connolly fired 1-7 as DIT completely outclassed a poor Wexford outfit in a lopsided O’Byrne Cup opening round tie at Enniscorthy yesterday afternoon.

Sligo 0-15 Mayo 1-8

Joe Kernan's reign as Galway boss got off to a winning start on the opening day of the 2010 FBD League competition, while their were also victories for Mayo and Sligo IT.

BRYAN SHEEHAN, the favourite to captain All-Ireland champions Kerry next season, admits a return to the Kingdom’s starting 15 is his ‘number one priority’ for next season.

A leading scientist says the answer to Ireland's long-term bio-fuel needs is in the sea.

NUIG 2-14 Sligo IT 1-09, Dangan

Sligo IT 0-07 Mayo 2-20, Ballinode

Frankie Dolan's long-awaited inter-county return failed to inspire Roscommon to victory in their Connacht FBD League clash with Mayo at Ballinlough this afternoon.

Galway held out for a 0-13 to 1-9 win over Leitrim in an entertaining Connacht FBD League clash which ended in some controversy at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Republic of Ireland Women's team manager Noel King has added defender Grace Murray (Dundalk City) and goalkeeper Catriona Connolly (Sligo IT) to his squad for Sunday’s UEFA Championship Qualification opener against Hungary at Tolka Park, kick-off 3pm.

After two disheartening National League defeats, Galway football manager Peter Ford has received a timely boost with the return to training of Padraic Joyce.

Mayo registered their first win under new manager John O'Mahony as they saw off Roscommon 0-15 to 0-9 in Ballyhaunis.

Sligo IT 1-10 Mayo 0-9

John O'Mahony has made his first team announcement since his appointment as Mayo manager.

Ger Loughnane was robbed of his first real chance to run the rule over Galway's hurling talent as a waterlogged pitch saw today's Connacht Hurling League tie between the Galway Development squad and Roscommon called off.

Saturday's Connacht Hurling League encounter between the Galway Development squad and Roscommon will afford a chance for a number of the Tribesmen to impress new county boss Ger Loughnane.

Galway got their Connacht FBD League defence off to a winning start by beating Sligo 0-13 to 0-10 in heavy rain in Tubbercurry today.

New Mayo senior football manager John O'Mahony is hoping a well-timed trip to America and the Caribbean will have his players primed for the new season.

The Mayo Senior, Intermediate and Junior Club Football Championships have new sponsors for 2007, it has been confirmed.

Mayo's joint-managers Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes have selected an unchanged team for Sunday's Cadbury's All-Ireland Under-21 Football final clash with Cork (Cusack Park, Ennis, throw-in 2.30pm).

DUBLIN City University, hosts to this year's Datapac Sigerson Cup for the first time, must beat UCC to reach Saturday's final.

Ger Brady has been honoured for his role in guiding Mayo through to this Sunday's Connacht FBD League football final against Galway (Tuam Stadium, throw-in 2pm).

CHAMPIONS IT Sligo face a difficult opening defence of their Datapac Sigerson Cup title with a second-round game away to Dundalk IT this afternoon (2pm).

MAYO star Conor Mortimer admits he does not know whether Ciarán McDonald will be returning to the senior football panel in 2006.

AT least two of the ‘DCU Four’ may yet play some part in the 2006 Datapac Sigerson Cup which begins today.

Galway hot shot Ger Farragher has scooped the Connacht GAA Writers' Personality of the Year award for 2005.