If you are a golfer and you don’t know Tom Coyne, then you’ve been living under a rock.

Galway split their squad at the weekend, with half of them playing Ballygunner in a challenge match in Claregalway and the remainder brushing Laois aside in their opening game in Division 1B yesterday at Pearse Stadium.

Shane Ryan’s mind was whirring as he glided through the water in the 50m backstroke final at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Hangzhou yesterday.

As an alternative band mixing it up in the mainstream, the Flaming Lips enjoyed a fine run of it between the years 1999-2006. Yet, even if their popularity has declined a little since then, their reputation as one of the world’s greatest live acts remains intact.

Kevin Markham reviews Tom Coyne’s new book, A Course Called Scotland but does he discover the secret of golf. “Are you the fella walking around Ireland, carrying your clubs and playing all the links courses?”

DNA from a 30-year-old postage stamp enabled a woman known as the “Blackberry Bush Baby” to identify her biological father.

Meath 1-19

It’s not the job of the Ireland team to sell this Rugby World Cup but Tom Tierney’s side are doing more than anyone to make the wider public, both here and abroad, sit up and take notice of events at Belfield.

A High Court judge has refused a bank's bid to halt an action by a woman alleging a bank manager obtained false income details to support a property investment loan application.

The outgoing Taoiseach is not renowned for his scintillating oratory and is unlikely to miss Leaders’ Questions, but a couple of speeches made an impact, says Lise Hand.

Research shows most women regret one-night stands. Apart from not enjoying the experience, there is a host of other health and safety risks associated with having sex with a stranger, says Áilín Quinlan.

Ireland 7 England 34: England’s women captured their first Six Nations title since 2012 as they swept to victory in a pulsating Grand Slam decider at Donnybrook last night.

The Ireland Women's challenge fell away in the final quarter at Donnybrook tonight as England secured their first Women's Six Nations title since 2012.

Wales 7 Ireland 12: Ireland Women’s head coach Tom Tierney is wary of the challenge his team face in Friday’s Six Nations Grand Slam decider with England.

Mayfield (Cork) 1-14 Calry St Joseph’s (Sligo) 1-7: Mayfield are one step away from AIB All-Ireland Club Junior Hurling Championship glory after this workmanlike victory over dogged Calry St Joseph’s.

UCC’s new-look women’s outfit will be given the sternest of early tests as they reacquaint themselves with Munster hockey.

Offaly 0-17 London 1-7: Offaly may have beaten London but it was evident that they still hadn’t left the one-point defeat by Westmeath in the Leinster Champions behind them, with manager Pat Flanagan admitting that the players were suffering from a hangover as a result of events in Mullingar a fortnight ago.

London 0-9 Mayo 2-16: Mayo scored a comprehensive victory over London in a Connacht SFC quarter-final that only offered rare glimpses of the seismic home performance of 2011.

France's two-try first half salvo saw the Ireland Women lose 18-6 in tonight's Women's RBS 6 Nations showdown in Perpignan.

Dubliner Willie Coyne (Vauxhall Nova) emulated brother Noel by clinching the McLoughlin’s Industrial Flooring Irish Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park yesterday.

Galway 4-13 Tipperary 1-16: Jeffrey Lynskey was told last December when he interviewed for the position of county minor manager that he would be taking charge of one of the worst Galway teams in recent decades.

The 1983 All-Ireland football final is famous for many things. The glut of sending-offs, the appalling weather, the ultimate success of the 12 apostles/dirty dozen.

Galway 1-14 Limerick 0-13: Galway boss Jeffrey Lynskey is relishing the prospect of locking horns with Kilkenny in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final on August 16.

With the majority of young amateurs nowadays turning professional as soon as they make any kind of mark in the championship arena, the days of course specialists have more or less dwindled away to nothing. 

F91 Dudelange 2 UCD 1 (Agg: 2-2 - UCD win on away goals)

Having created a little bit of history by winning the first leg last week, UCD captain Robbie Benson doesn’t want their European adventure to end with a whimper in Luxembourg tonight (kick-off 5pm).

A young mother died of breast cancer after two missed opportunities to diagnose the disease, the High Court heard yesterday.

Coláiste Choilm (Cork) 0 St Joseph’s (Galway) 0

UCD 0 Cabinteely 1

Munster Schools Senior Cup: Glenstal 6 Crescent 3

A soccer player who broke an opponent’s nose after he headbutted him in an off-the-ball incident has avoided a jail term.

Connacht FBD League: Leitrim 3-17 GMIT 1-7

A judge has refused to jail pensioners Martin and Violet Coyne, who faced prison for contempt of court by defying a judge’s order to have left their home by midnight on Tuesday.

Cork City 2 UCD 1

Just when you thought Miley Cyrus couldn’t get any weirder, her newest collaboration video with ‘The Flaming Lips’ might just trip you out.

Not content with having another shot at winning the Crabbie’s Grand National, Across The Bay’s localowners have even begun writing their own headlines.

Four Roads 2-15 Oran 2-09