Lucas Herbert carded an excellent round of 64 to open up a two-shot lead over England's Tom Lewis on day three of the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura.

Sergio Garcia dedicated an encouraging start in his Ryder Cup warm-up event to Celia Barquin Arozamena, the promising young Spanish golfer who was murdered on a golf course in the United States on Monday.

Umpire Mohamed Lahyani went “beyond protocol” in trying to help Nick Kyrgios but will continue to officiate at the US Open, tournament organisers have announced.

From one kingdom to another, the Prince of Wales hailed his visit to Kerry yesterday as “remarkable”, after fulfilling a long-time ambition to see what is considered to be Ireland’s most beautiful county.

Originally built as a private residence in 1870, the newly renovated Cahernane House revels in its Victorian grandeur.

Charges against 10 of the 11 Jobstown water charge protesters have been formally dropped.

The king is dead. Long live the king.

Rory McIlroy came to Portstewart determined to separate himself from the rest of the world’s top stars.

A post mortem is expected to be carried out today on the body of well-known Limerick criminal defence solicitor John Devane.

British women could be receiving a controversial "three-parent baby" treatment on the NHS in the UK as early as next spring.

Gerald Griffins (Limerick) 0-6 Glenbeigh-Glencar (Kerry) 1-13: Kerry’s Glenbeigh-Glencar secured a Munster Club JFC final date against Cork’s Gabriel Rangers in Mallow next month with this routine win over the Limerick champions, Gerald Griffins.

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Genk chairman Herbert Houben had a roundabout trip to Cork to make tonight’s match at Turner’s Cross after he turned up at the wrong airport.

Utah political leaders and anti-pornography activists said children’s minds are being corrupted in a world where graphic sexual images are a click away.

A judge has today warned a mother she will go to jail for seven days for each day her 15-year-old daughter fails to attend school.

Anti-Treaty leader’s personal steel was cloaked by his inoffensive character, writes Conor McNamara

LIKELY to be chased as a trophy Killarney purchase, as either a hotel with further potential, or as an extraordinary private residence once more, is the 38-bedroomed Victorian timepiece Cahernane House Hotel, on the Muckross Road in Killarney.

Two brothers charged in connection with the seizure of €50,000 worth of heroin in Limerick have been refused bail after a court was told of Garda fears they might leave the jurisdiction.

The lawyer for a white Chicago police officer charged in the 2014 murder of a black teenager said yesterday that his client had feared for his life. He also said that dashboard camera footage released by police is unreliable, because video “distorts images”.

John Gosden is worried about the forecast rain for Racing Post Trophy favourite Foundation at Doncaster today.

Richard Hughes might be retiring at the end of Glorious Goodwood but that thought could not be further away from Frankie Dettori’s mind as he racked up another Group-race success in the Qatar Vintage Stakes on Galileo Gold.

A state group set up to protect public funds was kept out of the room on guarantee night despite being completely opposed to a blanket bank protection and warning Anglo was “an accident waiting to happen” for over a year.

The passenger in a car driven by a man shot dead in front of his daughter told a murder trial jury he ran when another car pulled up beside him.

A €2.48m tax settlement with the revenue authorities in the UK last year hit profits at Michael Herbert’s KFC franchise business there.

A €142,800 award has been made to a Polish teacher who was struck by the rear of a truck as he cycled past it on a narrow footpath on the lorry driver’s left-hand side.

The Chief Justice has called for improvements to the way court cases are dealt with following the dismissal of an appeal over an amateur golfer’s claim that he had been falsely accused of cheating about his handicap that lasted 83 days.

A 59-year-old Cork man who was about to leave home for a holiday in Santa Ponza slipped on the stairs of his local authority flat complex and yesterday he commenced a High Court case against Cork City Council.

Taghrooda can use last year’s stunning Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve as inspiration as she aims to defy the same seemingly unfavourable draw in Paris tomorrow.

Three-time winner Frankie Dettori is increasingly likely to be teamed with Aidan O’Brien’s number-one hope Ruler Of The World as he bids to make his 26th ride in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe a winning one on Sunday.

Frankie Dettori has lost the ride on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Treve and will be replaced by Thierry Jarnet in the Prix Vermeille on Sunday, at the request of trainer Criquette Head-Maarek.

Burglaries and thefts in Kerry have increased dramatically this summer and are at a historically high level, according to gardaí.

Mayo 3-8 Westmeath 1-13

Insider says Limerick and Wexford have made big changes.

Superstar filly Treve will undergo a thorough examination after returning to France today following her disappointing display in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

Sole Power is set to return to Royal Ascot on Saturday after he achieved the first leg of a coveted sprint double by winning the King’s Stand Stakes for the second year running yesterday.

When he could not get access to his young daughter, David Markham decided to get his own back on his former partner.

A 35-year-old infatuated woman victimised her former lover and three generations of his family after their relationship broke down, a court heard yesterday.

A Clare man was forced to leave the country for England due to the attention from his infatuated former lover, a court has been told.

Former Dairygold CEO Jerry Henchy has settled his High Court action against the co-operative society over the termination of his €580,000-a-year position, plus bonuses and allowances, almost five years ago.

She ought to have known better, but Queen Victoria was “alarmed’’ when, surprise, surprise, it rained during her visit to Killarney.

A senior Garda yesterday said he finds it “nothing short of astonishing” that a former air hostess infatuated with her former lover could allegedly be breaking her bail conditions concerning contact with the man.

A letter of complaint from a pressure group has been sent to the Football Association demanding that England boss Roy Hodgson attend a ’race appreciation’ training course after details of a joke he told about a monkey in space were made public.