Motorsport: Kelly and Flanagan Donegal’s Donagh Kelly and his Derry co-driver Kevin Flanagan (Ford Focus WRC) won the Colm Quinn BMW Galway International Rally, the opening round of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship.

It was a victory to savour for the locals as Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle (Subaru) won the Letterkenny-based Donegal International Rally, round four of the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship.

Hillary Clinton has a big political decision to make, a choice that pits political allegiances against family loyalty, and Irish-Americans are in the middle of her dilemma, writes Bette Browne

Cousins Aidan and Kieran Murphy beat Ulster pair Thomas Mackle and Sean Donnelly in the last shot of the Dunmanway Hospital and Daycare joint-benefit event at Derrinasafa on Sunday.

With their fifth win of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, Donegal cousins Declan and Brian Boyle (Subaru WRC) clinched the series with an emphatic victory in the Clonmel-based Sepam Tipperary Stone-throwers Rally.

Banished Kerry hurling brothers, Liam, Mikey and Padraig Boyle, have been handed an inter-county lifeline by Kingdom manager John Meyler.

Kerry hurling manager John Meyler has cut three players from his panel reportedly for playing soccer close to their recent league game.

IF HURLING was horse racing, then the Boyles from Ballyduff would be thoroughbreds. On Saturday Mikey will lead out a Kerry side into Croke Park for the Christy Ring Cup final alongside brothers Liam, Aidan and Pádraig.

AMERICA’S bats are dying in their hundreds of thousands due to a mysterious illness called white-nose syndrome, and efforts to save them could prevent billions of dollars in agricultural losses, scientists say.

THERE has been a fair bit of furore in England, and here at home as well, regarding that performance – or rather non-performance – by Sariska at York.

We’ve all grown up to the culture of the Spring, Summer and Winter Sales in the stores and other retail outlets. Well the Sales culture has now hit the greyhound world and Curraheen Park has come up with an enticing July Sale which will see racegoers qualify for half price racing!

Green Party Senator Dan Boyle is hoping 'Britain's Got Talent' singing sensation Susan Boyle’s luck rubs off on him in the European election.

THE two Munster sides in action in the first legs of the qualifying round of the All-Ireland Hockey Club Championships lost on Saturday.

YESTERDAY may have won the Entenmann’s Irish Oaks at the Curragh, but the real story of this classic was the performance of Johnny Murtagh aboard Six Perfections.

Ireland must face the wooden spoon match against Russia at the women's World Cup in Perth, Australia, tomorrow after losing 4-3 to Ukraine.

USA 2 Ireland 1

England 3 Ireland 1

ON Sunday morning the Prix de l’Arc chickens really came home to roost.