Éamonn Fitzmaurice has detailed the contents of a letter one Kerry player received this summer which "crossed the line".

The father of a man who it’s feared was murdered in Cork’s notorious ‘House of Horrors’ 24 years ago has issued an emotional plea for information that will lead to the recovery of his son’s remains.

“People were raving afterwards about Tommy Craig. He has great skill and he is strong… When you are watching a game it looks like he’s making a great contribution. But that is on the premise that what he is doing on the ball is what it’s about at that level. And it is not. Maybe it should be. It would be nice if it were.

Wales 18 New Zealand 33: Wales could be minus a third of the team beaten by New Zealand for next Saturday’s autumn series finale against South Africa.

Sean O’Brien says the British and Irish Lions should have "comfortably" beaten New Zealand this summer and claims the coaching team did not get preparations right before the Tests.

Nadiya Hussain introduces the BBC’s big new cooking show tonight. Not surprisingly, all concerned are a bit sensitive about comparisons to previous series, writes Susan Griffin.

Former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has been asked to step down as an honorary assistant bishop in Oxford after a damning review found that senior Church of England officials colluded with a bishop who abused young men.

TV presenter Zoe Ball says she is "devastated" following the death of her partner Billy Yates at the age of 40.

Centre Jonathan Davies has claimed “it just didn’t seem right” after Wales’ RBS 6 Nations campaign ended in controversial and crushing fashion against France.

A controversial penalty try helped Scarlets to a narrow 16-13 Guinness PRO12 victory over Ulster at a rain-drenched Parc y Scarlets.

A man facing jail for a string of road traffic offences offered his status as a wheelchair-user as mitigation — only for the judge to claim he had seen the same man walking towards him just a few months previously.

Fiann Ó Nualláin looks back at the life of Anne Elizabeth Ball, a botanist whose work is illuminating our future.

Alitalia has appointed Cramer Ball, head of Indian ally Jet Airways, as CEO.

Narrow winner of the race in Cork last year, the Willie Mullins-trained Felix Yonger gained his second Kerry Group Hilly Way Chase success when the rescheduled Grade 2 event proved the feature of yesterday’s eight-race card in Navan.

Ball D’Arc can set the ball rolling on what should be another great weekend for Gigginstown House Stud by taking the opening maiden hurdle this afternoon at Navan.

Oliver Dingley had dreamed of winning a medal at a major diving event for 14 years before he earned the right to stand on the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the summer of 2014.

The right-hand man of pervert bishop Peter Ball has been found guilty of a string of gay attacks in England dating back to the 1970s.

Reviving a show that originally flopped on Broadway is one of the best things Michael Ball has ever done, he tells Ed Power.

The accounting watchdog in Britain kicked off a public consultation yesterday to apply a sweeping EU reform of company accounting from next June.

An ex-bishop who abused 18 young men and aspiring priests over 30 years in england has finally admitted his guilt after a last-ditch effort to throw his case out on the word of a former Archbishop of Canterbury failed.

Acclaimed Australian actress Cate Blanchett could be about to play entertainer Lucille Ball in a major biopic, scripted by none other than Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, Steve Jobs).

IT was 1980s TV star, Bosco, who first said it.

Easter and once again it is time to have a go at the teaching profession. What’s new? In fairness, your editorial of April 7 admits that the education system in Ireland has suffered from cutbacks, increasing class size, etc.

RBS Six Nations: Scotland 23 Wales 26: Wales claimed an eighth successive victory over Scotland as they revived their RBS 6 Nations title hopes following a thrilling 26-23 win at Murrayfield.

European Champions Cup

Ulster 24 Scarlets 9

The autumn statement was George Osborne’s moment, and he had some carefully crafted insults for his Labour Party opponents. But he was accidentally upstaged by David Cameron.

Sam Warburton says he does not feel any sense of surprise after Wales finally ended their southern hemisphere hoodoo.

Wales lock Alun-Wyn Jones believes New Zealand are "probably 20 minutes ahead of everybody else" after signing off in Europe before next year’s world title defence by serving emphatic notice that they remain a class apart.

Wales 28 Australia 33

A teenager wakes up in a mysterious place called The Glade with no memory of who he is or why he’s there.

Leinster 42 Scarlets 12

Scarlets 32 Ulster 32

USA: A cat that became famous for saving a California boy from a dog attack threw the first pitch at a Bakersfield Blaze minor league baseball game — or at least she tried-

Some of the country’s best young classical musicians will be teaming up with one of the kings of the West End to take a 20-year journey through the music of the silver screen.

Scarlets 32 Connacht 30

Scarlets 32 Connacht 30

A mother who took her one-year-old daughter from a foster family who were caring for the child is being sought over concerns for the baby’s welfare.