Golf: The PGA of Ireland will be represented by Damien Mooney, Brendan McGovern and Michael McDermott at the International Team Championship at the Belek-based Gloria Hotels & Resorts in Turkey from December 8-11.

Pádraig Harrington muscled his way towards ending a six-year winless drought and then revealed he has set himself a goal of representing Ireland in the 2016 Olympics.

Frustration grows and grows for Shane Lowry. Last week he dropped three shots in the final three holes of the second round of the US Open at Pinehurst to miss the cut by a shot and yesterday at Fota Island he lost his chance of regaining the Irish Open that he captured as an amateur in 2009 by finishing one over par for 36 holes at Fota Island.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: Niall Kearney has slipped snugly into the favourites’ seat for the Cassidy Golf PGA Irish Region Championship title this week, at Roganstown.

Even though the country’s four Major champions, Pádraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy — along with 2009 champion Shane Lowry — are in the field, the Irish Open at Carton House on June 27 continues without a title sponsor this year.

A teenager has been sentenced to six years, with four suspended, for killing a pensioner he claimed sexually abused him when he was younger.

A teenager is to be sentenced today for killing the pensioner he claimed sexually abused him when he was younger.

A Cavan pensioner found unconscious in his home after an assault was hospitalised with bleeding to his rectum, a scrotal tear and significant bruising to his penis, a murder trial has heard.

A Leitrim teenager charged with murdering a 73-year-old man told investigating Gardaí the pensioner had sexually abused him when he was younger, a court heard today.

A 19-year-old Leitrim man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court, charged with murdering a 73-year-old man, whom he claimed had been ‘inappropriate with him’ in his youth.

Rory McNamara produced a Houdini act to edge dramatically into the third round of the 117th Amateur Championship at Royal Troon on Scotland’s Ayrshire coast yesterday.

BARRIE TRAINOR pressed the pedal over the weekend to take the chequered flag in the final lap of the Lexus Race to Mount Juliet in association with Ping and Bord Fáilte.

An 18-year-old Leitrim man has been charged with the murder of pensioner Johnny Golden.

European tour regular Damien McGrane will head the field in the Kingspan Headfort Pro-Am Event on June 16-17.

GOLF fans who can’t wait until next year’s Ryder Cup can enjoy a taste of things to come at The K Club’s Smurfit Course this weekend (September 23-25), when British and American pros battle it out for The PGA Cup.

HEADFORT’S Brendan McGovern slipped off the pace going into today’s final round of the Glenmuir Club Professional Championship at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

STEPHEN BROWNE became the 21st Irishman in the Nissan Irish Open field after a late call up last night.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON gamely battled his way through the 30 miles per hour winds for 15 holes at The K-Club yesterday - and then went double bogey, bogey, bogey to throw away four shots.

SEVENTEEN Irish golfers face the starter as the 10th Smurfit European Open at The K-Club gets underway this morning.

THE holder and hot favourite Paul McGinley has cruised into the lead at the halfway stage of the Smurfit IPGA Championship at Adare Manor.

Kerryman David Higgins has taken the early lead at the Irish PGA Championship after carding a four-under-par opening-round 68 at Adare Manor in Limerick yesterday.

IT cannot be easy for a 29 year-old to turn his back on competitive golf for six months, at a time when his career is in crisis.

PAUL McGINLEY walked off the Robert Trent Jones designed course at Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Course yesterday having shot a tidy three under par 69 in the Smurfit IPGA pro-am and described it as one of the finest he had ever played.

ALTHOUGH Thomas Bjorn in his current form might have something to say on the subject, there is still every chance that the long–awaited Irish victory in the Nissan Open could come about this week.

FOR all the world it could have been any casual, friendly, club three-ball.

PLANNING the year’s schedule is one of the most important tasks for any top ranking professional golfer. The temptation to play in just about everything is always there given the enormous sums of money on offer almost every week.

MICHAEL BRETT is the oldest of today's semi-finalists for the Golfsure Irish Amateur Close Championship.

Philip Walton made another appearance on the Irish Golf circuit over the weekend with telling effect.

Damian Mooney gave notice that he intends to be a big player on the Irish circuit this season with a stunning performance in the €15,000 Great Northern Hotel pro-am tournament at Bundoran.

Ireland have an uphill battle during the last round in the PGA of Europe Team Championship at Atalaya Park if they hope to overhaul defending champions and overnight leaders Spain.

Ireland moved up one place to joint seventh after the second round in the 72-holes PGA of Europe Championship at Atalaya Park on the Costa del Sol thanks to a sub-par round of 69 by John Dwyer.

Ireland are six shots behind leaders Spain after the opening round in the PGA of Europe Team Championship at Atalaya Park on the Costa del Sol.

Today's fourth and final round in the Starwood PGA of Europe Championship in Sardinia had to be called off due to horrific weather conditions.

Brendan McGovern maintained his challenge for a high placing in the Starwood PGA of Europe Championship at the Pevero Golf Club in Sardinia with a third round 70 but the Headfort Club professional is still nine shots behind leader Paul Wesselingh.

Brendan McGovern leads the Irish challenge in Sardinia at the halfway stage in the Starwood PGA of Europe Championship after rounds of 70 and 75.

Headfort professional Brendan McGovern has won the PGA Irish Region Order of Merit for the season.

English man Philip Harrison squeezed in among leading Irish players John Dwyer and Damian Mooney during the second round in the £20,000 McCambridge-Duffy pro-am tournamant at City of Derry.

Brendan McGovern chalked up his tenth win of the season when he topped the leaderboard after the 36-holes €23,000 Shell-backed Dr William Flynn Memorial pro-am tournament at Shannon.

David Ryan, the former Irish Assistants' Champion from the Cork Club at Little Island, swept to the top of the leaderboard at Shannon in the first round of the €22,860 Dr William Flynn Memorial pro-am that is sponsored by Shell.

Brendan McGovern again shot to the top of the leaderboard after the Killester Travel pro-am tournament at Greenore, the curtain-raiser to the 36-holes PGA Challenge event there this week.

Leslie Walker's big hitting came into play as he reduced three of the four long holes at Luttrellstown Castle to four shots each time.

Brendan McGovern played the shot of a lifetime at Sutton during the BCM Handy Wallace pro-am tournament.

A record breaking score has been achieved at the €35,000 Philip Walton Dundrum House Pro-Am.