All-Star nominated Tyrone defender Tiernan McCann has admitted he’s ‘sorry’ about his infamous dive during the 2015 Championship.

Stoke left with a difficult decision

Jurgen Klopp said any bad blood with Sam Allardyce was in the past as he welcomed the appointment of the new Everton manager.

This will and should sting Ireland for some time to come.

As Ireland prepare to introduce as many as three new faces to their squad for Saturday’s second test in Perth, Joe Kernan says Ireland must score at least three goals to stand a chance of winning the series.

An architect denied harassing neighbours when they built an extension to their home by playing music so loud it was like an earthquake, staring at them, or kicking a football repeatedly against a wall.

It was a list that should have embarrassed Stoke City’s manager: West Ham, Stevenage, Sunderland, Hull, Swansea, Watford, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough, and Southampton.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes’ position is not under threat despite another disappointing end to the season, but veteran midfielder Glenn Whelan’s nine-year stay may be coming to an end.

The golden age of the scoring half-back may indeed be now but they aren’t a new phenomenon. Johnny Hughes — “the great” Johnny Hughes as he is still affectionately termed — is testament to that.

Irish actress Denise Gough tells Jeananne Craig why she couldn’t be happier with the gritty lead role in Paula

Declan Burke takes a look at the latest films to hit the big screen

Seemingly, the Trumpian dynamic has its limits.

After Donegal beat Cork in Ballyshannon in February, Neil McGee walked up the steps of the Aodh Ruadh clubhouse to speak to journalists. Concluding his duties, he wanted to know one result – how did Tyrone, a league lower, fare against Galway. “Good to know how the neighbours are getting on,” he smiled.

Monaghan 2-22 Down 0-9: So much for the ultra-competitive Ulster championship.

From Love/Hate to Once, Maureen Hughes is Ireland’s go-to casting agent. Esther McCarthy meets the woman who made Cillian Murphy a star.

Monaghan 1-9 Kerry 1-17: This is March but this is also progress for Kerry.

Manchester United 3 Stoke 0: Manchester United showed their neighbours and manager-in-waiting Pep Guardiola that they are not ready to go away just yet with one of their finest performances under Louis van Gaal to secure a morale-boosting win over Stoke City.

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to a Co Wexford-based steel-fabrication business, which employs 24 people.

Malachy O’Rourke admitted he’d be disappointed if Tyrone’s Tiernan McCann feigned injury to get Darren Hughes dismissed.

The Cork County Board could find itself in hot water with Croke Park after claiming a refereeing decision "quite probably" cost them a Munster title and a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

It’s always been a question of timing with Richard Hughes.

After taking some heat for the penalty decision which changed the course of the Munster final in Killarney a few weeks ago, Padraig Hughes erred on the side of caution in Cavan on Saturday night.

The cry ‘consistency’ has become an unlikely clarion call in recent years.

It was at a post-Congress press briefing in February that GAA director general Páraic Duffy admitted time-keeping was an issue for the organisation.

It was, as Sandra Hughes put it, a day for the girls. The ‘McCoy factor’ and glorious sunshine brought 16,621 to Fairyhouse in the hope of an Irish Grand National fairytale.

Northampton will await expert opinion before deciding when George North will next play after confirming the Wales wing will miss Saturday’s European Champions Cup quarter-final at Clermont Auvergne after his latest head injury.

Richard Hughes will retire from riding at the end of the Flat campaign before embarking upon a training career in 2016.

Richard Hughes will retire from riding at the end of the Flat campaign before embarking upon a training career in 2016.

Premier League

Davy Russell has revealed that he is considering changing the tactics that proved so successful on board Lord Windermere in last year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, when the Jim Culloty-trained gelding takes his place in the Hennessy Gold Cup on Sunday.

Three bookmakers have been awarded between €23,000 and €48,000 by the High Court arising out of the loss of their betting ring pitch positions at Dundalk racecourse.

Rochdale 1 Stoke 4: Bojan Krkic and Victor Moses scored breathtaking goals at Rochdale as Stoke avoided joining the long list of Barclays Premier League teams to exit the FA Cup at the fourth-round stage.

A bid by an examiner to mount a rescue scheme for Carlow company Whitelite Automation Ltd and 29 of its employees has failed, the High Court heard yesterday.