Tramore’s Robin Dawson hopes to wield his putter like a “hoover” rather than a deadly weapon as he seeks some AIG Irish Close Championship revenge in the last 16 today.

Warrenpoint’s Colm Campbell survived a spectacular back nine charge from Jack Hume to clinch a heart-stopping, wire-to-wire win in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open.

Some bus trips can be drab and boring affairs, but Dublin resident Collie Ennis captured a journey that was a little out of the ordinary on the 77a to Tallaght last night.

Paul Dunne is a man in demand, even if he isn’t a man with a grand plan.

A man who admitted setting fire to a family’s pet dog is due to be sentenced today.

A man who set fire to a family's pet dog in Co Armagh has been told he faces an inevitable prison sentence.

As introductions to Major championship golf go, Paul Dunne could not have asked for better than have the world No 1 stroll up to the first tee and join him for a practice round.

Greystones’ Paul Dunne survived the shock of nearly missing his tee time and went on to become the first Irish amateur to come through Final Qualifying for the British Open for 27 years.

THIS year, veteran actor Des Keogh celebrates five decades in “the business”.

AFTER a season which saw him sidelined with freak injuries such as a piece of chicken getting caught in his throat and a ball breaking his finger, Michael Darragh Macauley may have feared he had broken a mirror.

MICHAEL VICK got the better of Peyton Manning as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts 26-24 in gridiron’s NFL, but the match was overshadowed by a sickening injury to Austin Collie.

Kilmacud Crokes defender Paul Griffin has been named as the captain of the Dublin senior footballers for the 2009 championship campaign.

NOT surprisingly, there is a degree of quiet satisfaction among the Dublin management that their success in winning the GAA Leinster championship for the fourth year in a row was highlighted by arguably their best display of attacking football since Paul Caffrey took over.

DUBLIN captain Alan Brogan believes Kerry’s Munster final defeat will work in the Kingdom’s favour as they bid for a third consecutive All-Ireland title.

A new method of cracking down on drugs is proving successful at the Midlands Prison in Co Laois.

ALAN KERINS will play no part in Galway’s bid for the Sam Maguire having committed himself to Conor Hayes’s hurling panel for 2006.

YOU wouldn’t blame Brian Talty if he ever suffered from an identity crisis.

Rapper DMX will perform the first of his rescheduled Irish dates at the Ambassador Theatre in Dublin tonight.

DANCING dogs and 20 new canine breeds are attracting a record number of people to the Dog Show in Dublin.