The graphic designer on Belgium TV’s coverage of the Champions League maybe in need of a quick geography lesson.

Such was the ferocity of a stabbing attack in a Limerick apartment, the intended victim received three wounds, one almost fatal, when knives “shredded” the door he was using as a shield to protect himself, a court heard.

Mayo manager James Horan will have been encouraged to hear that county captain Andy Moran took another big step on his road to recovery last Saturday evening.

There was no shortage of excitement in the third round of the Mayo senior club football championship with Crossmolina, the 2001 All-Ireland club champions, snatching a place in the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion.

A Wicklow-based artist has picked up a top prize at the UK's presitigious Chelsea Flower Show.