Tyson Fury failed to turn up for his UK Anti-Doping hearing today, the agency has confirmed.

Winter may just be beginning but an enterprising couple in Killeagh  are already working on plans to bring back the village’s 150-year-old May celebration, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Frank Warren has "guaranteed" Tyson Fury will reclaim the world heavyweight title after dismissing suggestions he has retired.

Hughie Fury is scheduled to be one of the first headline acts at the Manchester Arena when it reopens following May’s terrorism attack — and he wants to deliver a world heavyweight championship title for the city.

The look that does exactly what is says on the tin.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

"It is devastating to have people blame me".

If Hughie Maughan wore a scowl instead of a pearly white smile he could have passed for Orson Welles in the 1951 movie version of Shakespeare’s Othello.

Here’s hoping he does the tango next week.

Sparks were flying at Cork Airport yesterday when an electrician, home for Christmas, dropped down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend waiting for him in arrivals.

As the BBC own the Strictly format, they have final say on all dancers selected.

We've rounded up our top stories from the world of showbiz to take your mind off Hughie being robbed of the Big Brother title last night.

Hughie, who is a member of the Travelling community recently came out as bisexual.

The recent Bandon Agricultural Show was opened with gusto by local girl Anna Gabriel.

Tyson Fury has said he would rather give unbeaten cousin Hughie a shot at the world heavyweight title rather than fighting old rival David Haye.

Walk into a cobbler’s shop and the fragrance overwhelms your entire being. It’s impossible not to drink it in, and soak it up. Just like the Championship.

A family whose house burned down while the father was out of work are set to have the best Christmas ever.

Point-To-Point: "Once a good horse, always a good horse".

A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a retired telecoms broker

Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan says he sometimes feels like a “half-wit” for killing off a gang boss character played by Aiden Gillen in his hit TV series.

It was a case of close cuts for nine Meath brothers who reunited for the first time in two years in a Guinness world record attempt.

Nine bearded brothers are travelling home to Co Meath this weekend for a razor-sharp Guinness World Record.

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Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney hopes to have Daryl Flynn, Eamonn Callaghan and Dermot Earley back in action by the time the Allianz Football League Division 1 returns in three weeks’ time.

Paul Hanagan proved exactly why he was recruited to be Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s first jockey with a consummate ride aboard potentially useful stayer Thimaar in the Betfred The Bonus King Queen’s Prize at Kempton.

With no fresh injury worries, Kildare manager Kieran McGeeney has selected an unchanged team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC fourth round qualifier against Derry.

HUGH LYNCH may have injured his cruciate ligament, Kieran McGeeney revealed on Saturday night.

WELL, Emerson said the best period to be born in is when the old and the new stand side by side (Ralph Emerson, by the way; not Hughie).

They knew. They just knew.

THE south Galway region was pounded last November, with floodwater failing to abate for several weeks.

THE initial prognosis on Dermot Earley’s availability for the All-Ireland semi-final may be cautiously optimistic but Eamonn Callaghan believes Kildare have the strength in depth to cope should their talisman be forced to sit out their date with Down.

A man who died in Ireland’s worst road accident revelled in life, his funeral heard today.

A FLAT cap and a bingo book — the most fitting symbols for a quiet, country man who loved the outdoors and a game of bingo in the parish hall.

Forgiveness should be shown after a pensioner died in a road accident on his way home from bingo, his funeral heard today.

Trainer Roger Ingram and jockey Robert Havlin will have left Brighton on Wednesday with rather different memories following the bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed On Every Race Handicap.

ONE year after a tragedy that rocked the nation and raised significant questions about how we treat the issues of mental health and child protection, the grieving families of Adrian, 29, Ciara, 26, Lean, 5, and Shania, 3, Dunne are no closer to knowing the truth about how their loved ones died.

DAVID BARRETT will take his preparations for next month’s national senior boxing championships to a new level when he boxes former champion, David Joyce, on a 15-bout bill promoted by Rylane boxing club at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom tomorrow night.