Game of Thrones has proved such a letdown in its concluding season it was difficult to imagine in what way the final episode could any further tarnish a reputation already reduced to ashes and rubble.

Awareness-training plays vital role, says Helen O’Callaghan

Her routine is simple, its execution less so: three to four hours a day on the water, another 90 minutes in the gym — 14 to 16 sessions each week, all adding up to one exhausted athlete by the time Jenny Egan crumples into bed on a Saturday night.

Spoilers: THE Game of Thrones opener of the final series really was a satisfying scene-setter. We’d waited almost two years for the return of the show and despite just six episodes to go, the first instalment was more slow-burner than dragon fire.

The wait is almost over for the final series of Game of Thrones. Colette Keane recaps on what you’ll need to know, and predicts some of the twists, turns and grisly deaths along the way.

Emilia Clarke has spent a significant part of her life on the set of Game of Thrones, a period that’s coincided with a life-threatening brain condition. No wonder she has mixed feelings about moving on, writes Georgia Humphreys

Daenerys Targaryen has been a life-changing role for Emilia Clarke. She tells Georgia Humphreys how, as the final series of Game Of Thrones nears, she's finding it hard to say goodbye.

Gardaí in Ballymun have renewed their appeal to the public to help trace the whereabouts of missing man Jon Jonsson.

Jennifer Rock talks family, the Nerd Network and how to love your skin, writes Ciara McDonnell

A major search will take place this morning for an Icelandic man who has been missing in Dublin for the past two weeks.

Martin O’Neill has said that Stephen Ward’s leaked account of the row involving Roy Keane, Harry Arter and Jon Walters has no implications for the Burnley man’s international career.

A great power was given to Roy Keane. A power that can be dispensed in a look. By just making the face.

Leigh Griffiths scored his 100th goal for Celtic as they beat Suduva 3-0 in the play-off second leg to book their place in the group stage of the Europa League.

There are seven forwards named in Martin O’Neill’s provisional squad for the upcoming summer friendlies against Celtic, France, and the USA.

Martin O’Neill appears resigned to having to plan for Ireland’s inaugural Nations League campaign without James McCarthy.

Martin O'Neill is hopeful that Jonathan Walters is ready to continue his Republic of Ireland career at the age of 34.

Although absent from this week’s trip to Turkey as he continues his recovery from knee surgery in January, Jon Walters has assured Martin O’Neill that he is not planning to retire from international football.

British radio presenter John Humphrys' controversial off-air comments about the equal pay row at the BBC, which he has defended as "jokey", can be heard in a leaked recording.

Bank of England policymakers have said that the British public is right to be angry over bank bailouts and the economic difficulties facing Britain's younger generation.

Chef to the stars Todd Hall is bringing a taste of Mexico Leeside, writes John Daly

Jose Mourinho admitted a gap remains to the continent's elite ahead of Manchester United's Champions League return.

At the Irish team’s hotel in Castleknock yesterday, a few of the senior players told Martin O’Neill about how much of a challenge they think Saturday’s World Cup qualifier in Tbilisi is going to be — and the manager was delighted to hear of their concern.

Ahead of Monday’s final episode of Game of Thrones’ seventh season, Colette Keane takes a look at how events have shaped the main characters since we first encountered them way back in 2011. There’s also a good chance not all of them will survive Monday’s show

‘Game of Thrones’ is back next week, so Colette Keane takes a look at what to expect from the penultimate season

Rory McIlroy came to Portstewart determined to separate himself from the rest of the world’s top stars.

Stoke manager Mark Hughes will not stand in Jonathan Walters’ way after accepting he wants to join the Irish contingent at Burnley.

Back in 2015 Stoke had been initially reluctant to offer Walters a two-and-a-half-year deal, but they eventually did, meaning he is under contract until next summer.

Writing here on the eve of Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Austria, I was full of confidence that we were going to win, perhaps even with a bit to spare, writes Liam Brady.

Martin O’Neill lavished praise on the match-saving intervention of Jon Walters but could barely hide his disdain for the performance of referee David Fernandez Gonzalez.

The good news from the Irish camp is that Jon Walters and Stephen Ward, both of whom had been nursing knocks to the knee, took a full part in training yesterday.

With Austria four points behind joint leaders Serbia and Ireland in Group D, the conventional wisdom has it that nothing less than a victory in Sunday’s game at the Aviva will be enough to resuscitate the visitors’ flagging World Cup qualifying hopes.

Martin O’Neill has succinctly laid out the terms of engagement for Ireland against Austria in their World Cup qualifier next Sunday.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

Roy Keane says that Gareth Bale will have a tough night in store for him when Wales travel to the Aviva Stadium later this month.

Leicester caretaker manager Craig Shakespeare admitted he felt like the “pantomime villain” after Claudio Ranieri’s sacking.

Karen O'Mahony, founder of the Masquerade Ball Rainbow Club for Autism, has been named December ‘Cork Person of the Month’. Her name will go forward for possible selection as ‘Cork Person of the Year’ at a Gala Awards Lunch on January 20, 2017, at the Rochestown Park Hotel.

Cosmic dust raining down from space has been discovered on rooftops in three major cities.

The Irish team is preparing for an evening in Vienna which should be at once bone-rattlingly cold and hot as all hell. 

In the run-up to the back-to-back World Cup qualifiers at home to Georgia and away to Moldova, a depleted Irish squad held its first training session of the week at Abbotstown yesterday.

Juan Mata left a disabled Manchester United fan "absolutely made up" after greeting him at Old Trafford and arranging a match ticket for him, the boy's father has said.

Seamus Coleman has firmly placed the blame for Ireland’s failings in Serbia on the players rather than boss Martin O’Neill.