Gavin Moynihan was inches away from leaving the K Club in a €145,000 BMW but while he narrowly missed out on the required ace, the Irish rookie was happy just to have made his first Irish Open cut.

"She loves Newcastle and would like to have a base nearer her mum."

When you have achieved as much as Mary McKenna has in the game and in the name of Irish golf, you could get used to plaudits.

Million Dollar Arm ***

Cheryl Cole's marriage has reportedly not yet been made official.

We can't wait to see what X Factor announcer Peter Dickson make of it

JLS star Jonathan “JB” Gill said his “traditional” wedding was the best day of his life after he tied the knot with dancer girlfriend Chloe on a remote Scottish island.

JLS star turned farmer Jonathan ’JB’ Gill is hoping Prince William will call him so they can study agriculture together.

Jim Bolger and Willie Mullins are very different in many ways. One had no racing background and forged his reputation on the flat circuit, while the other is steeped in the Sport of Kings and is one of the world’s pre-eminent handlers of national hunt horses.

JLS star JB Gill let his jive do the talking as he was crowned the winner of the ‘Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special’.

Be young, be foolish and be deliriously happy. That’s the mantra of ‘Project X’, a raucous comedy about a high school student’s birthday party which descends into chaos when hundreds of kids turn up uninvited and run amok in the teenager’s leafy North Pasadena neighbourhood.

AS he left Fitzgerald Stadium last Saturday afternoon, JB Spillane reflected on the end of his Kerry championship season.

Anyone who has ever watched Soccer Saturday will be familiar with the banter-loving, satirical, humorous and outrageously witty Jeff Stelling who anchors the show, but the Hartlepool native also has a serious side. But not too serious!

Oritse Williams thinks 'The X Factor' will not be the same without Simon Cowell.

INITIALLY, it was very appealing: a whirlwind skite around the deep south, cramming a variety of adventure activities into just two days.

JLS want to collaborate with Gwyneth Paltrow.

UCC claimed the significant scalp of competition favourites DCU at the quarter-final stage of the Sigerson Cup in Belfield yesterday as they prevailed by a slender one-point margin after a terrific game of football.

Poor old Daniel Craig, who needs him now, who needs James 007 Bond?

JLS did not expect to break the US market for "years", the band have said.

ROLL up, roll up, the Marquee is back in town. And what a way to follow the opening act, Megadeth, and with two nights of the boy band of the moment – JLS.

THREE people died and four were fighting for their lives last night in northern England after a school bus was involved in a pile-up with a car and a minibus.

JLS want to make Peter Andre their fifth member.

X Factor runners up JLS have signed a recording deal with Epic, it was announced today.

The 'X Factor' final tomorrow night is shaping up to be a closely-fought battle.

Tiger Woods again demonstrated the yawning chasm between his best golf and anyone else's when he turned the final of the Accenture Match Play Championship into a one-man exhibition.

Tommy Barker takes a closer look at Chiplee, a microcosm of pure Cork.

A public funeral service for “Godfather of Soul” James Brown at an 8,500-seat US arena bearing his name in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, has been set for Saturday.

Six months after being part of America’s triumphant Walker Cup team, John Holmes has the chance today to put himself on track for a Ryder Cup debut in September.

National Australia Bank has emerged as the next possible merger partner for Bank of Ireland.