Over umpteen cups of coffee in Larry Tompkins’ pub last month, the proprietor and fellow 1990 All-Ireland winning captain Tomás Mulcahy sat down with John Fogarty to recall that special year. The questions were few but their answers were plentiful

Paedophiles and rapists in England and Wales are to be given the right to appeal against being on the countries' sex offenders' register for life, according to reports.

Great Britain and Ireland captain Colin Montgomerie is confident his side can win the Seve Trophy for the third successive time when they take on Continental Europe next week.

He bounced out onto the grass in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, a twinkle in his eye: “God I always loved this pitch!” he says to Liam Fennelly, “but it also holds some bad memories, 1968 in particular. We should have had ye that year.”