Keano’s superpower might have been football, but he discovered another along the way in his magnetism. And how a nation hangs on every word he utters, or is uttered about him, writes Larry Ryan.

He may have unfavourably compared Conor McGregor to an ant, but the Irishman clearly made a big impression on Floyd Mayweather, who has shown off an artwork he commissioned for his home that includes the MMA star.

Conor McGregor has said he is bringing out a brand of whiskey at his post fight press conference

Bookies report that this bout will the biggest ever in terms of cash wagered, and support for the Irishman far outweighs his prospects, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

Legal aid has been refused for six individuals allegedly linked to the Kinahan crime gang in cases involving the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).

Five years ago, Kevin Shortall and his wife Tracy didn’t know if their daughter would be alive to make her Communion.

On the Saturday, Lincoln City became the first non-league club in 103 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. 20,000 people. Turf Moor. Premier League opposition.

Surgery, scheduled for next week, has been cancelled for a schoolgirl whose crippling scoliosis condition forced Minister for Health Simon Harris to admit he was ashamed.

Siobhán Browne was an outgoing child, happy spinning about in her motorised wheelchair, shooting the breeze with neighbours and friends.

Jazmine Sands is grateful for the occasional telephone call from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, checking up on how she is doing, more than eight months after her baby girl passed away.

So strong was the narrative surrounding Conor McGregor’s recent occupation of New York that one could be forgiven for pegging him as a pioneer.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has paid tribute to Conor McGregor, and appears to have waded into a row about McGregor being stripped of a title.

Exclusive footage of former drug lord John Gilligan making the most of his time spent in Portlaoise prison has been uncovered by TV3 documentary ‘Paul Williams: State of Fear’.

565 children who have arthritis, which can cause deformity if left untreated, have yet to receive their first appointment to an outpatient clinic.

Some 35 high-powered vehicles, nine Rolex watches, and €30,000 in cash, with a total value of around €1m was seized yesterday in an operation targeting a gang involved in a murderous feud.

In the dead of night, Susan Collins got the answer to her call. At 4.30am came the shuddering from the Garda helicopter low overhead.

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HOLDERS Crumlin United disposed of FAI Intermediate Cup specialists Avondale United for the second time in two seasons after coming away from Avondale Park with a hard fought 2-1 victory after extra-time on Saturday.

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A woman left paralysed after undergoing surgery on her spine at a Dublin hospital six years ago yesterday received an apology in the High Court.

When a journalist infiltrated the ranks of the football press and identified herself as a ‘showbiz’ writer yesterday, Robbie Keane immediately quipped that she should talk to his wife.

Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane and his LA Galaxy teammates were on hand to visit sick children at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin today.

As two-year-old Aimee Keogh clutched her teddy in an ambulance at University Hospital Limerick to be brought for urgent heart treatment in Dublin, she collapsed and died, an inquest heard.

Las Vegas will trump Croke Park as the venue for “The Notorious” Conor McGregor’s Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title showdown against Jose Aldo. 

Irish lightweight David Oliver Joyce edged a step closer to qualifying for the Rio Olympics on Saturday and, along with Katie Taylor, scooped one of the top accolades at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association’s Awards Night in Dublin.

New charges have been brought against a Dublin man allegedly caught with a sword outside Leinster House.

More than 530 children are stuck on waiting lists for orthopaedic surgery, some of whom need urgent treatment for spinal curvature, a scenario described as "unacceptably dangerous" by a leading paediatric surgeon.

Little Niamh Harkin was diagnosed with what most of us know as "clicky hips" at the age of six months.

More than 100 children with a potentially lifelong crippling condition are waiting in excess of two years to see a specialist at the only public hospital in the country to provide the service that they need.

A court has heard how an American tourist still has glass embedded in his face after intervening in a robbery in Temple Bar in Dublin.

"A touch of John Daly" was how Graeme McDowell described the golf swing of little Cillian Wade.

Classmates of six-year-old Sean Scully, who was shot on Friday night, are to receive counselling at school today.

A Dublin teenager allegedly caught red-handed with a sword in the front yard of Leinster House is to get bail.

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a father of two in Dublin five years ago.

A man has been jailed for life for being part of a plot to murder a father of two in front of his girlfriend and baby boy in Dublin.

Declan Geraghty advanced from his all-Crumlin BC lightweight clash with Francis Campbell in the opening bout of the National Elite Championships last night-