The Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team were beaten 3-0 by World No.2 USA in a friendly international at the Avaya Stadium in San Jose yesterday.

Unlike her rivals for the Fifa Puskás Award, James Rodriguez and Robin van Persie, Ireland’s Stephanie Roche will be taking the rocky road to Zurich for the prize-giving ceremony on Monday week.

Slovakia 0 Republic of Ireland 1

It is one of the great inconveniences hindering daily newspapers; the inability to postpone our All-Ireland final verdicts until Up For The Match is over.

Ireland 2 Slovenia 0

Republic of Ireland 2 Slovenia 0

Russia 0 Republic of Ireland 0

Republic of Ireland 1 Croatia 0

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Ireland 1 Russia 3

Republic of Ireland striker Stephanie Roche is hoping her winning goal against Switzerland at the Cyprus Cup yesterday will be the beginning of a hot streak.

Now that she’s operating in the best league in the world, Germany-based striker Fiona O’Sullivan wants to augment it by featuring at the World Cup for Ireland.

People living in a West Cork village have reacted angrily to news that a potential spawning ground may hold up vital work which could prevent their homes and businesses being flooded yet again.

Irish tourism bosses are looking east for visitors, hopeful of attracting some of the region’s wealthiest, writes John Daly

WORLD CUP semi-finalists France showed their class at Turner’s Cross last night as three second half goals saw them claim all three points against a gallant Irish side in their UEFA Euro 2013 Women’s Group 4 qualifier.

NOT a bad weekend for Kevin Doyle who, having scored in Wolves’ 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Saturday, last night struck on the double at the 3/FAI International Awards.

KEVIN DOYLE, Richard Dunne and John O’Shea are the contenders for the 3/FAI Senior International Player of the Year award at a gala ceremony in Dublin on February 6.

THE Republic of Ireland senior women’s side gave their World Cup qualifying campaign a massive boost yesterday by defeating Israel 3-0 at the at the Ness Ziona Stadium in Israel.

A CAMPAIGN is under way to clean up derelict sites and buildings in tourist haven Killarney.

A YOUNG Cork mother was put on an emergency flight to Britain yesterday for a life-giving double lung transplant operation 20 minutes after donated organs became available at a Newcastle hospital.

TOP tourist town Killarney, which likes to call itself Heaven’s Reflex, has given the thumbs-down to sex shops.

SUFFICIENT land for about 1,000 further houses in Killarney has been zoned by the local town council — despite strong reservations by the Department of the Environment and the National Roads Authority.

TRAFFIC congestion and an inadequate water supply in Kenmare, Co Kewrry, are among the main reasons for the refusal of planning permission for a controversial development which had been earmarked for the town.

A MAJOR protest against what is described as the overdevelopment of Kenmare — one of Kerry’s fastest growing towns — is planned for tomorrow.

A TOP hotel and entertainment complex has been given town centre zoning - even though it is located a mile from the town.

IT’S time to cry halt to the building of apartments in Killarney, one of the town’s longest-serving councillors urged yesterday.

SOME owners of old, protected buildings in Killarney are allowing them to go derelict so that they can be more easily removed from the list of protected structures, executive planner Fiona O’Sullivan told Killarney Town Council.

NAOMH ABÁN are bidding for Cork’s third All-Ireland club ladies football title in six days when they face Parnell’s of London in this afternoon’s intermediate final in Portarlington.