Fionnuala McCormack will carry the medal hopes for the Irish at the European Cross Country on Sunday, December 8, the 35-year-old announced on an Irish team of 40 for the event in Lisbon.

On their previous visit to Croke Park, the Roscommon footballers conceded four goals during a 22-point humiliation.

At the end of the first leg of Rally Finland, round eight of the World Rally Championship, the Irish crew of Craig Breen/Paul Nagle (Ford Fiesta S2000) hold fourth place in the S-WRC category.

THREE Kerry men have started training to become deacons in the Catholic Church.

Monaghan 0-10 Fermanagh 2-09