Interview with Aileen Lee.

Dundalk skipper Stephen O’Donnell doesn’t miss a beat when asked to nominate a dark horse contender for the new SSE Airtricity Premier Division season which kicks off tomorrow night.

President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to a young boy who collapsed and died while playing football on Tuesday night.

Latest: Shelbourne Under 16 player Izzy Dezu, passed away suddenly during a DDSL match against St Kevin’s Boys last night, at the AUL Complex in Dublin.

Now that the Global Champions Tour has concluded for another year, the FEI World Cup series provides the main international show jumping focus in the months ahead.

The latest Longines FEI world rankings saw Irish riders on the move following the European Show Jumping Championship success last month.

A dramatic last-gasp win by Shane Breen in the Sport Ireland Classic crowned Irish dominance of yesterday’s opening-day action at Dublin Horse Show.

SET in locations including coastal Ireland, Fleet Street pubs and big spooky houses,

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has warned “the job is far from done” ahead of Saturday’s second Test against the Lions.

Anna Richardson says the nude dating show Naked Attraction will take things one step further on the new series, writes Jeananne Craig.

Richard Hammond has praised medics after his horrific crash in Switzerland. Hammond was filming for the latest series of The Grand Tour when the Rimac Concept One electric supercar he was driving crashed off the Hemburg Hill Climb course on Saturday.

There’s Broccoli In my Ice Cream by Emily MacKenzie (Bloomsbury €8.20)

President Michael D Higgins and wife Sabina yesterday visited the headquarters and training centre of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind in Cork to mark the organisation’s 40th anniversary year.

A double clear from Wexford show jumper Bertram Allen and Izzy By Picobello ensured Valkenswaard United their third win of the season in the Global Champions League team contest in Monte Carlo yesterday.

A Co Cork primary school have produced a moving video, raising awareness about mental health issues in kids, in which they say it's "ok to be upset sometimes" and there is "always a way back".

An 11-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair yesterday settled for €9m her High Court action over her care around the time of her birth.

Communities across the North must stand together to reject the dark deeds of the dark men who murdered a prison officer, mourners at his funeral were told.

Cian O’Connor continued to demonstrate the Olympic credentials of Good Luck on Saturday, the pair finishing fourth in the five-star grand prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

If you’re an All Black waiting to hear if you’ve made the World Cup squad, the one name you don’t want to see on your mobile phone is Steve Hansen’s.

Never Tickle A Tiger By Pamela Buchart (Bloomsbury; €8.80)

Poppy’s Babies

Little Izzy O’Connell from Cork was all lit up yesterday evening as she switched on the Temple Street Children’s Hospital lights – with a little help from Santa.

Wales 28 Australia 33

One of the Street’s characters is set to stray away from home.

One of the Street's leading stars wants to get pregnant.

A US man is facing animal cruelty charges after he allegedly used a machete to decapitate his mother’s Chihuahua.

Will Genia is talking tough ahead of today’s crunch second Test with the British and Irish Lions in Melbourne.

Dr Harvey Karp’s calming techniques have made him America’s most influential expert on children. Rhys Blakely (and daughters) meet him.

A young woman with a loose joint syndrome which renders her unable to work or socialise with friends fears she will end up in a wheelchair after the HSE refused to allocate funding for vital physiotherapy treatment in the UK.

Every Olympics has a new emblem, and every emblem causes outrage, none more so than 2012’s jagged shards, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Coronation Street's disabled character Izzy Armstrong is to become pregnant.

Harry Judd feared he would not win 'Strictly Come Dancing' after a "disastrous" dress rehearsal.

AFTER the opening two round of the Derby Trial Stake at the Glanworth, Co. Cork, it looks like a battle between Kyle Glen and Kierans Sam for the ticket to Clonmel.

The McFly drummer - who has been dating Escala violinist Izzy Johnston on and off for five years - explained while he was trying to "show off" by perfecting his raunchy tango with Aliona Vilani at a recent rehearsal, Izzy refused to speak to him after seeing the saucy pair in action.

LESS STYLISH than Raging Bull, less euphoric than the Rocky films, The Fighter (US/15A/115 mins) is a boxing movie made in the image of its hero, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), a solid but unspectacular Irish-American scrapper who slugged his way to a shot at the world title in the mid-’90s.

Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose was reunited with former bandmate Duff McKagan onstage last night.

CHILDREN named Meghan and Rory need to be on their best behaviour this month after a survey yesterday revealed that they are at the top of Santa’s naughty list.

Rocker Matt Sorum has blasted Axl Rose for touring under the name Guns N' Roses, insisting he should follow Sting and Paul McCartney's leads and rename the group or go solo.

A man believed to have killed his two young daughters before committing suicide phoned their mother to say “the children have gone to sleep forever”, a family friend said.

Bond actress Gemma Arterton has signed up to play the lead role in 'Tess Of The D’Urbervilles', the BBC confirmed today.

Slash has denied rumours of a Guns 'N Roses reunion.

Richard Hammond today revealed he hopes to be back behind the wheel within weeks – but vowed to steer clear of jet cars.