Tramore’s Robin Dawson showed his ability to remain patient in his bid for a precious tour card by opening with a two-under 70 at the Final Stage of the European Tour Qualifying School in Spain.

Paul Dunne's nightmare season took on more Dantesque proportions when he was forced to withdraw from tomorrow's Final Stage of the European Tour Qualifying School with a niggling wrist injury.

The Republic of Ireland blew the chance to surge joint-top of their women’s European Championship group heading into 2020 after conceding a sloppy stoppage-time equaliser against Greece this afternoon.

Goals in each half from Maria Reilly and Sarah Rowe, combined with a driving performance from the back by Danielle Caldwell helped Mayo book their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final with victory over Armagh.

CAITRIONA COLLINS scored a goal and six points while Minor star Saoirse McCarthy added four from play as Cork put the agony of two consecutive defeats at the last hurdle behind them to become Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie champions.

The mother of an epileptic teenager is calling for a new "Billy's Law" in the North.

Rep of Ireland 0 Norway 2

After the spotlight shining on the Ireland women’s team at the start of the campaign for unusual reasons, Diane Caldwell feels it only fitting the same should apply at the business end approaches.

Dermot McElroy made a superb start to the second stage of European Tour Qualifying School with a two-under 70 at El Saler, Spain.

Northern Ireland 0 Republic of Ireland 2: Megan Campbell starred for Ireland last night as they easily overcame Northern Ireland in Lurgan to begin their 2019 World Cup quest with victory.

With an acclaimed new Irish short-story writer cropping up seemingly every other day, it can be difficult to stand out.

Staff are “devastated” after it was announced that 500 jobs are to go at the Hewlett Packard (HP) global print plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare as cost- saving measures to invest in new opportunities such as 3D printing.

Niall Kearney and Jonathan Caldwell are safely through to next month’s second stage of the European Tour qualifying school.

Albert Woodfox, the last of three high-profile Louisiana prisoners known as the “Angola Three”, and who has spent more than four decades in solitary confinement, could walk free within days after a federal judge ordered state officials to release him immediately.

Golf returns to the Olympic Games next year after more than a century in the wilderness but a ceremony conducted on the fifth tee at Ballybunion over the weekend served as a reminder that the game has made a small contribution to Irish sporting success on the world’s biggest stage.

Four managers have followed Roberto Martinez to the helm since Wigan lifted the cup against Man City in 2013, while captain Emmerson Boyce is the only survivor.

The inside story of one of the toughest endurance tests there is, the Dawn Wall climb, by Andy Cave

Malky Mackay is back in football after Wigan confirmed the Scot as their new manager.

Ulster 21 Exeter Chiefs 22

Ireland 2 Slovenia 0

Republic of Ireland 2 Slovenia 0

A soldier tragically fell to his death from a bathroom window at McKee Barracks after returning from a night out, an inquest heard.

Republic of Ireland 1 Croatia 0

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Republic of Ireland 2 Germany 3

Christmas is coming and the list is getting fat — with cool, yuletide gifts handpicked by Esther N McCarthy for your Christmas time present perusal.

As always, Day Two of the Dublin Horse Show was a two-horse race between a string of elegant ladies on parade and their less-fancied four-legged counterparts.

Four councillors and a millionaire businessman who were at the centre of a collapsed planning corruption trial last week had received bribes from political lobbyist Frank Dunlop in return for rezoning favours, the Mahon Tribunal has found.

Celtic 2 Cliftonville 0 (Celtic win 5-0 on Agg)

Goals from Mikael Lustig, Georgios Samaras and James Forrest gave Celtic a comfortable win over Cliftonville and ensured there is little chance of an upset when the Irish League side travel to Parkhead next week for the second leg of their Champions League second round qualifier.

Gary Caldwell hopes Wigan can ease the pain of the Latics’ injured players by lifting the FA Cup on Saturday.

Wigan 2 Swansea 3

Wigan striker Callum McManaman definitely figures in manager Roberto Martinez’s squad for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with QPR at Loftus Road.

Wigan 0 Liverpool 4

All the Beggars Riding

Cork City 4 Cliftonville 0

Wigan captain Gary Caldwell is rated at 50/50 to be fit for tomorrow’s trip to Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League.

Wigan 2 Southampton 2

Paul Scharner could make his Wigan comeback in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League home clash with Southampton after rejoining the Latics on transfer deadline day.

Stoke 2 Wigan 2