Billy Connolly’s love of football, like a slick passing move from one penalty box to another, can be traced back through the length of his long career, writes Brendan O'Brien

A Cork company director who hiked his insurance coverage before setting his own premises on fire and then trying to claim €200,000 insurance received a 10-year suspended jail term yesterday.

A 47-year-old man, who denied arson causing €200,000 to his own business but was found guilty by a jury, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of making a fraudulent insurance claim afterwards.

Cork City’s 2017 FAI Cup final hero Achille Campion will return to first-team contention for the Leesiders next month as his loan deal with Irish League side Linfield expires.

The 47-year-old man from Passage West who denied arson causing €200,000 worth of damage to a building where his company had its business was found guilty yesterday.

A 47-year-old man from Passage West accused of arson causing €200,000 worth of damage to a building and making an insurance claim by deception denied both charges and went on trial by judge and jury yesterday.

Striker Kurtis Byrne has agreed a move to Irish League champions Linfield.

Northern Ireland’s elder statesmen are driven by a desire to feature at a World Cup finals before they call it a day, defender Chris Brunt has said.

Craig Gordon believes Celtic will retain their Champions League focus even if their fans are absent against Linfield at Windsor Park.

Ross Gaynor has always let his football do the talking, even if sometimes it has landed him in trouble.

Colin Clarke fakes disgust. I've just put it to him that he was involved in one of the most bizarre World Cup goals of all time.

I was touched, and surprised, by your editorial of Friday, May 20, headlined ‘Trying to understand suicide/Figures show we need to do far more’. I was touched by your compassion and surprised by your mention of “variations in metabolism”.

Alternatives to medical treatment for people with mental health issues need to get beyond the discussion phase towards policy and implementation, writes Jennifer Hough , who talks to practitioners about a national crisis

Liz Dunphy looks at addiction and prescription tranquilisers — and talks to the practitioners who are re-humanising the treatment of emotional distress — without pharmaceutical intervention.

The world faces a "very high risk of severe, widespread and irreversible" impacts from climate change without action to cut emissions, a major international report has warned.

Greece 0 Northern Ireland 2

An early flurry of electoral successes in Dublin prompted talk of green shoots for the Green Party but the countrywide count cautioned that careful cultivation would be required.

David Healy, Northern Ireland's record goalscorer, has announced his retirement from professional football.

Northern Ireland football star David Healy was today cleared of assault after a key prosecution witness admitted lying in an attempt to blacken his name.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has named a 20-man squad for next week’s World Cup qualifying home clash against Russia.

The case of Northern Ireland football star David Healy, who has been accused of assaulting a man in Belfast, has been adjourned for a fortnight.

Northern Ireland football star David Healy has been accused of assault, it was revealed in court today.

Northern Ireland’s record scorer David Healy claimed he would “die a happy man” after ending his long wait for another goal at Windsor Park.

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill is facing a long period of soul-searching after his side were held at home by lowly Azerbaijan last night.

Northern Ireland 1 Azerbaijan 1

Northern Ireland 1 Azerbaijan 1

Michael O’Neill is crossing his fingers that Jonny Evans will be fit enough to feature from the start in his first competitive games as Northern Ireland manager.

Jonny Evans has been passed fit for Michael O’Neill’s first competitive matches in charge of Northern Ireland next month.

Northern Ireland coach Michael O’Neill hopes to reduce the age profile of his squad after selecting uncapped teenager Ryan McLaughlin against Finland.

Ireland's Euro2012 knock-out hangover was in full force in northern Poland today as fans lashed former captain Roy Keane for his post-match criticisms.

Teenage striker Rory Donnelly and Scotland-born defender James McPake have earned their first Northern Ireland call-ups for next month's friendly against Holland in Amsterdam.

The minister with responsibility for mental health will meet a delegation concerned about serious side-effects of anti-depressants.

When it comes to cocaine, crystal meth or LSD, there is no difficulty believing a drug could drive a person to commit a crime.

A former assistant state pathologist has expressed serious concern about the growing link between anti-depressants and suicide.

When an autopsy expert with 30 years of experience suspects a possible link between suicide and the use of powerful anti-depressant drugs, it becomes a matter of the utmost concern and one that warrants immediate investigation.

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Rangers 0 Dundee United 2

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