Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has refuted claims that he was late in visiting the Carndonagh region of Donegal, which was devastated by flooding this week.

The enormity of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open gave the European Tour the courage to take the €7m Rolex Series extravaganza to Ballyliffin from July 5-8 next year.

Close-up images of a set for the next Star Wars movie looks set to spark massive debate among devotees of the sci-fi saga.

Second-half goals from Conor Carson and Nigel Elliot secured a hard-earned 2-14 to 1-12 victory for Antrim over Roscommon in their Christy Ring Cup Round 2A encounter in Dunloy on Saturday.

The record books will forever enshrine Mark Farren’s impact at Derry City as a golden boot for the ages. And since goals were his business, that’s how it should be.

The European Tour must strike while the iron is hot and slot the Irish Open into what could prove to be a money-making "Links Swing" ahead of the proposed 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Derry 1-11 Wicklow 1-10

Kerry, Derry, Meath and Kildare all claimed wins in the opening round of the Christy Ring Cup this afternoon.

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A 58-year-old prisoner has died inside Maghaberry prison after apparently taking his own life.

Extending his goalscoring record for the club at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday would wrap up Mark Farren’s nine years at Derry City just nicely.

Derry City 1 Shelbourne 1

Sligo Rovers 4 Derry City 1

Derry City 1 UCD 2

Derry City 0 Cork City 1

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 Derry City 0

Derry City recorded their first victory at the Brandywell since May 21 following their deserved win over Bohemians last night.

Stephen Kenny will live to fight another day as Rovers boss having recorded a vital victory at his former stomping ground last night.

Derry cruised to an 11-points victory over Down in this tame Ulster SHC semi-final in Casement Park yesterday.

Two goals in each half saw Derry coast to an easy Ulster SHC quarter-final win over Armagh.

Armagh 1-17 Derry 4-14

Stephen McLaughlin blasted his second brace in five days as Derry won this north-west derby.

A 77th-minute David McDaid goal earned 10-man Derry City a share of the points against Shamrock Rovers in their absorbing Airtricity Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Dundalk stunned Derry City at the Brandywell last night, the Lilywhites recording their first win on the road since last June.

Derry City disrupted Sligo’s momentum as Airtricity League leaders with a battling performance in a mediocre game at the Showgrounds last night.

UCD put up a dogged performance last night to frustrate the Candystripes in what proved a very poor game at the Brandywell.

Surprise packets Drogheda continued their remarkable start to the season with this deserved victory over Derry City at Hunky Dorys Park.

Carlow hurlers reeled off their fourth successive Division 2A win as they put visitors Derry to the sword by a 15-point margin at Dr Cullen Park yesterday to ensure a divisional final and a shot at promotion.

Cork City’s long journey home from the Brandywell last night will not have been helped with this defeat, the Leesiders losing out to a brace of second-half goals.

Derry City will start slight favourites to advance to the Setanta Cup semi-finals when they take on old rivals Linfield at the Brandywell in the pick of tonight’s second round, second leg ties (Setanta Ireland, 7.45pm).

Newly-promoted Shelbourne claimed top spot as they remain unbeaten in the Airtricity Premier Division following their deserved win over Derry City at Tolka Park last night.

The decade that saw Ireland relax after years of austerity is celebrated in a new book of photographs, writes Jo Kerrigan

DERRY CITY put last week’s defeat by Shamrock Rovers behind them with a convincing victory over basement side, Galway, at the Brandywell last night.

ROHAN RICKETTS grabbed an opportunistic winner to leave champions Shamrock Rovers within 90 minutes of retaining their title after they all but ended Derry’s challenge at Tallaght Stadium last night.

BRAY WANDERERS severely dented Derry City’s title hopes following the northern club’s second successive draw at the Brandywell last night.

ANTRIM breezed to their 10th Ulster Minor Hurling Championship title in a row against a disappointing Derry side at Casement Park yesterday.

A WOMAN who fell from a bridge on Sunday — just three days after her dream wedding — has died.

The head of the National Roads Authority is due before the Oireachtas Committee on Transport later.

Donegal County Council have commenced High Court proceedings aimed at preventing the Health and Safety Authority from conducting an investigation into a road traffic accident which claimed the life of a young woman.

Derry City 1 Bray Wanderers 1

Derry City 1 Shamrock Rovers 2

DERRY CITY extended their lead in the First Division following this deserved north-west derby victory over Finn Harps at the Brandywell.

A 1970s law that allows parents to show “harmful material” to their children prevented a Texas prosecutor from charging a man accused of forcing his eight and nine-year-old daughters to watch hard-core pornography.

Drogheda United 1 Derry City 3