UCC and Waterford carry the Munster flag on the national stage this weekend in their refixed Irish Hockey Trophy quarter-final with plenty of scores to be settled.

Dublin hurlers, having led by two points at half time, took second control of this NHL Division lB third round tie at Netwatch Cullen Park, Mattie Kenny’s side outscoring hosts Carlow by 0-14 to 0-5 in that second period.

Irish pension trustees have been warned their schemes could be exposed if there were to be a correction in the equity markets this year.

DCU will face UCC in the last-four of the Fitzgibbon Cup following their impressive triumph over Waterford IT at St Clare’s tonight.

David Gray has added a third night in Dublin to his White Ladder 20th anniversary tour.

Singer songwriter David Gray has included two Irish dates on his White Ladder: The 20th Anniversary Tour next year.

Gregor Townsend has opted to name an experienced line-up ahead of Scotland’s World Cup opener against Ireland.

Richie Gray made the decision to opt out of World Cup selection with Scotland, according to assistant coach Danny Wilson.

A woman accused of stabbing a 23-year-old man to death in the UK earlier this year has appeared before the High Court in Dublin.

“Relieved, but not surprised,” was Keith Ricken’s summation of his team’s astonishing first-half comeback.

The words have only just come out Tom Gray’s mouth when immediately he regrets them.

Dublin U20 manager Tom Gray has criticised the media for failing to research the real reasons behind the county’s senior domination and for being too quick to link it to financial assistance.

Dublin U20 manager Tom Gray expressed relief after surviving Galway’s spirited challenge in the Eirgrid All-Ireland football semi-final at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.

Tell the Reaper Man from the stars above that David Gray is the one we love.

State-owned forestry company Coillte is targeting the end of July as the completion date for the establishment of its planned wind energy joint-venture with the ESB and the deadline for unveiling its new group chief executive.

Coillte has established a new, non-profit wing that will focus on species diversity and biodiversity.

State-owned forestry company Coillte has begun stockpiling wood in its UK operation so it can continue to serve British customers after Brexit.

Last week’s epic defeat of Clermont Auvergne has solidified the sense that Toulouse are back at their rollicking, unpredictable best.

David Gray has had an occasionally fraught relationship with his back catalogue, once telling this writer he was a bit jaundiced playing his biggest hit, Babylon, night after night.

Limerick took the honours in this NHL 1 semi-final, booking their place in the final with an efficient display.

Paddy Barnes is considering calling time on his boxing career following a shock defeat by Texan Oscar Mojica in Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theatre on Sunday.

Former amateur world champion Michael Conlan will face Mexico City’s Ruben Garcia Hernandez tomorrow night as part of a bumper weekend of Irish boxing on Americas east coast.

GAA President John Horan and Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy issued a brief joint statement last night regarding Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s redevelopment and expressed optimism about the future of the stadium.

In volume two of his biography of Éamon de Valera, covering 1932-1975, the RTÉ journalist David McCullough paints a complex picture, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Roy Keane is unlikely to be joining Richard Keys and Andy Gray as a pundit on beIn Sports in Qatar any time soon.

It's back!

Thirty years on from David Gray’s original release of White Ladder, Ed Power traces the slow-burn success of Ireland’s best-selling album back to gigs at Nancy Spains in Cork and a push by RTÉ show No Disco.

The studio of sculptor Eilís O’Connell is perched on a hillside near Inniscarra, Co Cork.

Stage one of the 2018 Rás Tailteann began under dry skies yesterday in Drogheda with the ceremonial start taking place from St Peter’s Church.

Man Utd 1 Watford 0

Tottenham 2 Watford 0

Criminal or reckless acts could have played a part in a teenage soldier's death at Deepcut barracks, a lawyer for his family said.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has been suspended from his duties as Sky Sports analyst.

Carol O’Callaghan explores the ever-evolving Irish design collection at the National Museum of Ireland.

A Welshman in Cork was traced through his “Taffy dragon” email address downloading child pornography movies and images in 2010 and once again in 2017.

Sheffield Wednesday fan Jamie Vardy put the Blades to the sword as Leicester knocked Sheffield United out of the FA Cup.

The tension was thick. The mood was glacial. And the siblings were sparring.

Irish Water has turned the sod on a €29m project that will replace a 150-year-old tunnel with a new water pipeline that will serve the people of Wicklow and South Dublin.

As the number of patients on trolleys who are awaiting a hospital bed increased to 575 yesterday, the HSE warned that the nasty flu season is far from over.

Leicester 1 Manchester City 1 (Manchester City win 4-3 on penalties AET): Claudio Bravo was Manchester City’s penalty hero as they kept their hopes of a dream quadruple alive to beat Leicester and reach the Carabao Cup semi finals.

Watford 1 Tottenham 1: When one thinks of managerial spats in the Premier League, it is usually Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, or Pep Guardiola, but now we have a new contest on the cards: in the blue corner, Big Sam Allardyce, the heavyweight from Dudley, against Marco Silva, the Portuguese middleweight.

Drink or drugs were responsible for a quarter of fatal collisions in the North last year, police say, the highest level recorded for the last five years.