Plans for a "drastic reduction" in the number of immigrants to the UK have been submitted to ministers and won backing from former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.

The British Government comfortably defeated attempts to give British MPs a decisive say over the final terms of Brexit in the face of anger among Tory remain campaigners.

Ardscoil Rís 4-16 Charleville CBS 1-7: Ardscoil Rís produced another impressive display in the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock yesterday, beating Charleville CBS by 18-points. The champions, who defeated Hamilton High in the first round by a big margin, scored 4-14 from play, are now in the last eight.

The Jonah Lomu Legacy Trust in partnership with Dove Men+Care have released a truly powerful video tribute to the late and very great Jonah Lomu.

Des O’Sullivan on an Invaluable service to art lovers and buyers.

For most of us, the closest we’ll come to tending farm animals is our Twitter feed, writes Ronan Jennings

Concession owners in Clerys last night found out they are to get back about €3m worth of stock locked into the iconic building since Friday.

Burnley 0 Stoke 0: Burnley boss Sean Dyche was impressed with his players’ response to relegation as the curtain came down on Barclays Premier League football at Turf Moor.

Leicester climbed off the bottom of the Barclays Premier League as a 2-0 home win over Swansea gave them a third successive victory.

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Over a third of mums and dads admit they think maths is the hardest subject to help their child with – so much so that half of parents couldn’t even solve a maths problem designed for a 10-year-old.

Burnley 1 Everton 3

St Francis College, Rochestown 2-14 Charleville CBS 0-13

Louis van Gaal’s problems mounted at Turf Moor as Angel di Maria hobbled off injured in Manchester United’s uninspiring 0-0 draw with Burnley.

Swansea City 1 Burnley 0

Swansea backed up their opening-day win at Manchester United with a 1-0 victory over battling Burnley at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon.

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It was a post-match analysis in more ways than one when RTÉ’s distinguished soccer panel gave a very special present to newlyweds Julie-Ann Coleman and David Jones as they celebrated in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Co Meath.

Bride Julie-Ann Coleman had a bit of shock in store for her new husband David Jones on their wedding day.

“Suarez has gone down like he’s been crucified.”

AT 6’4”, designer Paul Costelloe stands out from the crowd.

Waterville’s David Higgins was left ruing a bizarre mistake in a British Open Local Final qualifier at the North Berwick club after missing out in a play-off as he was carrying 15 clubs.

Gareth Maybin will tee up in the British Open at Muirfield next month after producing two splendid rounds in the international final qualifying at Sunningdale yesterday.

Seffield Wednesday 1 Ipswich 1

Cardiff 3 Blackburn 0

David Bowie fan Suzanne Harrington was blown away by a sneak preview of the incredible new exhibition dedicated to him at the V&A Museum in London

New-boy Alfred N’Diaye was handed his full debut for Sunderland in this afternoon’s Premier League encounter with Wigan.

Fulham and Wigan both made a number of changes for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League encounter at Craven Cottage.

A lot has happened since the last time David Bowie released new material.

Wigan 0 Arsenal 1

Norwich 2 Wigan 1

Wigan 2 QPR 2

British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into whether the North Wales child abuse inquiry "properly did its job" following allegations that a senior Conservative Party figure was involved.

West Ham 1 Wigan 4

Irish amateur star Alan Dunbar survived a collapse over the closing seven holes at Wychwood Park before managing to squeeze through to the second stage of European Tour qualifying.

Paul Cutler’s European Tour career remains on hold after the former Walker Cup star missed the 54-hole cut at the first stage of the Qualifying School for the second year in a row.

Wigan 2 Stoke 2

Yann Kermorgant silenced the jeers of the Leicester fans by firing Charlton to their first npower Championship win of the season, 2-1, against one of the favourites for promotion.

The London market closed in the red today after US policymakers failed to signal that more emergency stimulus measures were on their way.

Barclays shares rose 3% today as chairman Marcus Agius’s decision to step down in the wake of the rate-rigging scandal was backed by investors.