Monaghan 1-18 Tyrone 1-16: Typical, really. Murphy’s Law.

Sligo withdrew from last night’s Connacht JFC semi-final against Galway because of a bereavement.

Cathal Corey brought his Sligo side to London with tales from their 2013 loss in Ruislip ringing in his ears.

MONAGHAN 2-12 DUBLIN 0-17: In the end, we were given a dramatic conclusion rarely in keeping with the general tedium of events as Fintan Kelly fired over a glorious point deep into injury-time to secure a noteworthy success for Monaghan against the All-Ireland champions.

It was on board Australia he claimed his first Derby winner and it was in the country of the same name on its grandest of racing days that Joseph O’Brien announced himself as a trainer to be admired and feared given his potential.

Joseph O'Brien bettered his father Aidan as Rekindling outpointed Johannes Vermeer to lead home an Irish clean sweep of the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

A 14-year-old boy gunned down in an east London double shooting branded "an extreme act of violence" by police has died.

Down have emerged from the depths of despair to challenge once again for Ulster football glory.

It was a second-half cruise for Monaghan as they routed Fermanagh in an Ulster SFC preliminary round tie at Clones to set up a derby meeting with Cavan.

Captain Conor McManus admits the departures of Dick Clerkin and Paul Finlay will affect the Monaghan set-up, but has put it up to his younger team-mates to make up an experience deficit in 2017 and make amends for this year’s disappointment.

You probably won't see this event at Rio.

Monaghan 2-22 Down 0-9: So much for the ultra-competitive Ulster championship.

This smooch is making major headlines at the moment for a good reason.

Bereaved mothers who have lost sons to suicide have pleaded with political parties to prioritise mental health.

On the basis of the announced team at least, Monaghan have chosen to leave well enough alone by naming the same 15 that started the Ulster final for tomorrow’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone.

It seems to be traditional to get a Starbucks cup with your name written incorrectly but this particular cup is causing quite the stir on the internet.

Art is born of humiliation. [W.H. Auden]

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In somewhat cruel circumstances, Conor McManus missed a late 42 metre free that would have earned Monaghan a share of the spoils in front of a 5,248 Castleblayney crowd.

ENGLAND: They just cannot Let It Go ... Leigh Dryden and her three boys can lay claim to being Britain’s biggest Frozen fans after watching the film an astounding 500 times.

Brian Cody has avoided suspension for comments about referee Barry Kelly in the wake of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland hurling final replay win over Tipperary last month.

Imagine Brian Mullins without aggression and physicality? He’d be more suited to playing for Cork today than Dublin in the ‘70s.

Monaghan 2-16 Kildare 2-14 (aet)

Whether it’s a unicycle, BMX or just an ordinary model, there are lots of events planned for cyclists this week, Áilín Quinlan reports.

Monaghan 0-13 Galway 0-12

Monaghan 2-14 Louth 0-12

An economist, Diarmuid has always had literary leanings.

Monaghan 0-12 Tyrone 0-14

A man has been ordered to take an anger management course after he beat another man with a baseball bat outside Dun Laoghaire Garda station in Dublin.

Boom goes the cloak of invincibility! Or was it more like a whimper?

Cory Monteith died from a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol.

Cory Monteith was reportedly a hard-working 'Glee' star in Los Angeles and a partying substance abuser in Vancouver.

Two acts have been chosen to progress from tonight's 'Britain's Got Talent' semi-final.

An Port Mór (Armagh)2-9Brackaville (Tyrone)0-11

Men of Ireland, bin that kebab and put down that pint: there might be jobs going in Abercrombie and Fitch.

Members of Iron Maiden, Slipknot and a host of other stars turned out to celebrate the 50th birthday of Marshall Amps on Saturday.

CBC students were recently part of the largest group ever to climb Kilimanjaro, says Sharon O’Reilly

Laois 2-12 Monaghan 0-12

The heartbroken mother of a 31-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in Cork City broke down in tears at his Requiem Mass and said she would “love and miss him forever”.

Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against a neighbourhood watch volunteer charged in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say.

A neighbourhood watch volunteer was charged tonight with second-degree murder over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is to be charged withsecond-degree murder over the shooting dead of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.