In 1980, the Quinn brothers from Tyrone were the first four brothers to ever run the New

Gary Lineker has been unveiled as the face of BT Sport’s coverage of the Champions League from next season.

They are the benchwarmers. The twilight-zoners. The panel-fillers. The cliche we hear on the Hogan steps: Everybody from one to 35 played their part. Is there truth in it? Or even comfort?

They are the benchwarmers. The twilight-zoners. The panel-fillers. The cliche we hear on the Hogan steps: everybody from one to 35 played their part. Is there truth in it? Or even comfort?

The future of cross-border soccer in Ireland looks bleak after the 2015 Setanta Cup was shelved yesterday.

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.

Setanta Sports are waiting to see if Sky’s entry into the pay-per-view GAA market will have a positive impact on their business this spring.

Setanta Sports have the rights to show 17 hurling and football games from the Allianz National Leagues and the list they have released includes some tantalising fixtures.

For one glorious summer, London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park felt like the centre of the world.

Delegates at this conference all wore nametags on cords around their necks — but for around 70 of them, that was the only thing they wore.

Setanta Sports announced today it has won the rights to show all Ireland’s home friendlies for the next four years, starting next week.

Celtic 5 Inverness 0

Two sisters, named locally as Jody Brogan, aged 24, and Anngeline Brogan, 28, died in a house fire in Letterkenny yesterday morning.

TV rivals Sky Sports and the Setanta-BT Sport alliance are banking on the Premier League big guns delivering audience share for them in the new year.

A psychiatric nurse has been convicted of stabbing three people after a row with his neighbours following an 18th birthday party.

The jury in the trial of a psychiatric nurse accused of stabbing five people and assaulting a sixth in Dublin have begun their deliberations.

A psychiatric nurse has accepted it is possible he had a knife and used it in an incident in which five people were allegedly stabbed.

A psychiatric nurse has gone on trial accused of stabbing and assaulting six people after an 18th birthday party.

Five years ago work on the revival of Clare hurling got underway in earnest. This weekend they are reaping the rewards — and even brighter times may lie ahead.

Like so many Premier League fans, Brian Quinn found himself hunched over more than one screen last weekend as the world’s most commercially successful domestic football tournament resumed.

Talking to the men directly involved, there are a couple of common themes when it comes to the factors that have led to a renaissance at underage hurling in the counties of Clare and Limerick — and a reasonable amount of divergence.

Setanta Sports yesterday said it has seen a dramatic improvement in the Irish group’s financial position compared to 2011.

Setanta Sports are aiming to take a larger slice of the GAA’s media rights when they come up at the end of the year.

Setanta Sports has announced a new deal with BT Sport which will add 38 live Premier League games to its TV package and bring to 71 the number of top-flight English matches on offer to Irish subscribers for the next three years.

Allianz League broadcasters Setanta TV have revealed surprise at suggestions individual counties may be sanctioned to stream live coverage of games.

The Grand Slam of Munster hurling titles has only ever been done once, in 2005 by Cork.

A man has been arrested over the murders of two police officers in the North nearly 29 years ago.

Former Celtic chairman Brian Quinn has paid tribute to his outgoing successor, John Reid, who will step down from his post at the club’s annual general meeting later this year.

AFTER a drinking session with friends, a businessman drove his 4x4 from a Co Limerick pub on the wrong side of the road and ploughed into a car killing a retired Clonmel secondary school teacher, Limerick Circuit Court heard.

THE backlash against the controversial handpass rule continued yesterday with both the Dublin football and hurling camps united in their condemnation of the regulation which has dominated reviews of last weekend’s championship action.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has quit following their failure to clinch a fourth successive title.

Celtic 1 St Mirren 0

Former Home Secretary Dr John Reid was officially approved as Celtic’s new chairman at the club’s annual general meeting in Glasgow.

There were shocks on the double in the Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship as reigning champions Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny were dismissed by Birr while Dublin champions Ballyboden St. Enda’s have booked a place in the Leinster final at the first time of asking.

A woman with schizophrenia who attacked a garda with a ten inch kitchen knife has been jailed for two years by Judge McDonagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Celtic have moved swiftly to impose a lifetime ban on the supporter who struck AC Milan goalkeeper Dida at the end of their Champions League win at Parkhead last night.

Celtic chairman Brian Quinn has urged UEFA to investigate the “antics” of AC Milan goalkeeper Dida after the Brazilian appeared to exaggerate an injury following a clash with the fan.

Former British Home Secretary John Reid is to become chairman of Celtic, it was announced today.