Martin O’Neill has described the idea that he should have capped Declan Rice against Moldova last year – and thus secured the player’s future as an Ireland international - as “kind of crazy”.

Martin O'Neill says he is still hopeful Declan Rice will commit his international future to the Republic of Ireland, but admits some circumstances favour England.

Midfielder Glenn Whelan will lead Ireland out as captain against Northern Ireland for what will be his 85th senior appearance. The Aston Villa man will not be part of the squad for the Denmark game.

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Padraig Harrington breathed a huge sigh of relief having holed a testing par putt at the last after moments earlier losing a ball in the third round of the rain-affected Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The GAA’s former games administration chief Jimmy Dunne has described indiscipline at club level as seen in O’Moore Park on Sunday as “a cancer that needs to be eradicated”.

THE Tipperary minor footballers visited a Maynooth graveyard on the eve of the All-Ireland final victory over Dublin.

THE demand for tickets for a championship match involving Wicklow’s footballers has reached an unprecedented level this week.

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Laois 1-15 Kildare 0-8, O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

MOYLE ROVERS will be wearing a set of Tipperary jerseys when they meet Kerry outfit Kerins O’Rahillys in Sunday’s AIB Munster club football semi-final – and manager Jim Cahill believes that could be a lucky omen.

GAA chiefs admit they are taking a ‘gamble’ by playing the Allianz NFL Division One and Two finals at Croke Park on April 26.

GAA president Nickey Brennan admitted yesterday that the weekend postponements in the National Hurling League, and resultant fixtures headache, is a matter of concern to Association chiefs.

Richie Connor has quit as Offaly senior football manager with immediate effect after the Walsh Island native tendered his resignation with the Offaly GAA County Board this morning.

PATRICK KAVANAGH could have offered the right description of the Cork hurling crisis, the kind of local row which sparked the Illiad in Homer’s mind.

IT has been some week for Paul Galvin. More media coverage has been devoted to him then those appearing before the Tribunals.

MATCH specific bans in Gaelic games are a fine idea in theory but would not work in practice, according to GAA president Nickey Brennan.

Dublin stats man Ray Boyne has been handed a 16-week suspension by the Central Competitions Control Committee of the GAA following his alleged head-butt on Monaghan's Tommy Freeman.

GAA President Nickey Brennan has helped launch RTE's coverage of the 2007 Championships.

IDEALLY, Nickey Brennan would like to have formally assumed the role of GAA president in his native Kilkenny this weekend.

EVER opened up a book and felt like you were looking in a mirror? Your correspondent had that experience this week and, no, before you ask, it wasn’t The Great Gatsby. Or even the latest Harry Potter.

Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane is hoping to have double cause for celebration on Thursday when he wins his 50th cap as also has the chance to become his country’s leading goalscorer.

Robbie Keane must score in Moscow tonight to claim a special place in Irish football history.