Louise Mullen passed away on Saturday.

Olympic bronze medallist Cian O'Connor won his second major class of the week at the London International Horse Show today.

Cian O'Connor brought his Olympic bronze medal winning horse Blue Loyd out for this evening's Longines Grand Prix climax to the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show, and took home €30,000 for a third place finish.

Ireland's show-jumpers have won the Aga Khan trophy for the first time in eight years at the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS.

Team Ireland's 66 Olympians arrive home at lunchtime today with their five Olympic medals.

The Olympic Council of Ireland has said it will have no official role in the planning of any future public event to honour Ireland's Olympic athletes.

Cian O'Connor has said it is "time to move on" from the controversy surrounding his performance at the Athens Olympics.

Paddy Barnes has become the first Irish boxer to win medals at consecutive Olympic games.

President Michael D. Higgins has congratulated Cian O'Connor after he took bronze at the London Olympics today.

Junior Sports Minister Michael Ring has hailed showjumper Cian O'Connor's "superlative display" as he won Ireland’s first Olympic medal with a bronze.

Cian O'Connor has won a bronze medal for Ireland after the final of the show jumping at Greenwich Park.

Cian O'Connor has qualified for the final round of the individual show jumping final on his horse Blue Loyd.

Cian O'Connor produced a flawless first round in today's individual showjumping final at Greenwich Park today.

Cian O'Connor has been handed a late entry to the men's Individual Jump final at London 2012.

Showjumper Denis Lynch has today lost appeal against his deselection from Irish Olympic team.

By John Tynan

By John Tynan

A “devastated” and distraught Denis Lynch last night said he is considering an appeal against the decision yesterday by Horse Sport Ireland to withdraw his nomination for the Olympics.

Show jumper Denis Lynch has so far refused to comment on today's dramatic decision to withdraw his Olympics nomination.

Show jumper Denis Lynch will not represent Ireland in the Olympics, the Irish Examiner's John Tynan reports.

Tipperary's Denis Lynch took the honours in this afternoon's Derby at the five-star show in La Baule, France, riding Flaminia Straumann's 13 year-old gelding Night Train.

EQUESTRIAN: By John Tynan

Thirty-one year-old Cian O'Connor has been awarded the Leading Rider trophy after finishing second in the four-star Grand Prix at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates today with the Irish-bred gelding 'Larkhill Cruiser'.

Ireland's Cian O'Connor won today's opening competition at London Olympia's five-star show, just as he had won the closing competition of 2009 at the same venue.

It was three-in-a-row for Ireland at the Failte Ireland Dublin Horse Show today with Billy Twomey and Shane Breen taking outright victory in the first two classes and Cian O'Connor sharing victory in the Puissance.

Jessica Kurten gave Ireland a top class result to end the year when she took second place in Belgium's World Cup Qualifier class at Mechelen this evening.

The latest Rolex FEI World Jumping Rankings have six Irish riders in the top 100 for competitions completed by the end of August, with four of those in the top 50.

Wexford's Dave Quigley picked up his second win in a row at the Spanish Sunshine Tour near Cadiz today while Cian O'Connor notched up his first victory of the show.

In a thrilling finish to the Grand Prix at Leipzig today Ireland took both first and third places, with Jessica Kurten claiming the €33,000 winner's prize and Cian O'Connor taking third place.

Ireland's Cian O'Connor has won his first ever class, The Christmas Cracker Stakes, at Olympia's International Horseshow on Friday.

Four Irish riders have appeared in the world top 50 of the Rolex Jumping Rankings for the first time.

Ireland's Cian O'Connor has won the four-star Grand Prix at Chantilly, France, with Aileen Bryan's 10-year-old gelding Rancorrado.

Cian O'Connor chalked up Ireland's second weekend win at the five-star show in Aachen, Germany this morning with a three-fifths of a second victory over British ace John Whitaker in the 'Last Chance' 1m 45 class.

The Irish Nations' Cup team were expected to struggle on their return to the Samsung Super League after a year's absence, but managed to finish a very creditable equal second at La Baule, France this afternoon.

Cork have made a massive 10 changes in personnel for their placement match against Waterford in the National Hurling League this weekend.

Ireland's Jessica Kurten has moved up to third place in the Rolex World Jumping Riders rankings in the new monthly table published by the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) today.

An injury-time penalty goal from Andrew Thompson saw Shannon edge out Belfast Harlequins in a thrilling AIB Cup second round clash at Deramore Park this afternoon.

Shane Carey notched up his second victory of the weekend at the four-star show in Prague, Czech Republic when he won the Speed Class there today with the Irish-bred 'Cashla Bay'.

Hurling enthusiasts from all over the country will flock to Stillorgan on Saturday week - September 1 - for a hurling event that will kick start this year's All-Ireland Hurling finals weekend - the AIB Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens.

Ireland's show-jumping team today lost its last chance of qualifying for the 2008 Olympics when it failed to stay in the top 10 after the first round of the team championship at Mannheim, Germany.

Cian O'Connor has been left out of the Irish team for the Aga Khan Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show in the RDS this afternoon.

Corner backs Shane O'Neill and Brian Murphy, as well as midfielder Tom Kenny, have been recalled to the Cork team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Waterford at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).

Having impressively claimed their second win of the All-Ireland SHC qualifier series last weekend, Cork manager Gerald McCarthy has named an unchanged team for tomorrow's third and final qualifier against Tipperary (Semple Stadium, throw-in 7pm).