A strong second-half display from Monaghan saw them finish pulling up against a 13-man Mayo in St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, this afternoon.

Referee Siohhan Coyle had to take the players off the pitch in the middle of a second-half hail storm.

Any Dublin supporters wondering if their five-in-a-row All-Ireland winning heroes would dig deep for new manager Dessie Farrell got their answer as the hosts rescued a remarkable Allianz football league draw at Croke Park.

Munster team doctor Jamie Kearns has been hit with a €2,000 fine after he faced a misconduct complaint for verbally abusing Saracens player Jamie George in a Heineken Champions Cup match on December 14.

Dr Kearns faces a charge of bringing the game and the competition into disrepute for alleged comments towards Jamie George during the course of this match.

The 'Conna Maradona' joined John Caulfield's backroom team as first-team coach in 2017, as City went on to win the League and Cup double.

Johann van Graan backed his players to make the right on-pitch decisions after Munster missed a chance to rescue a losing bonus point in a 15-6 defeat at Saracens today.

The curtain came down on the Munster club championships with Russell Rovers taking the last piece of silverware in front of 1,610 enthusiastic spectators at the Fraher Field and adding another chapter in a fairytale season for hurling in East Cork.

At Duggan Park Rena’s legend grows with 21st national title

“He was the difference between the teams today,” declared an ecstatic St Mary’s coach, Dan Shanahan. “His puckouts were good and he hasn’t conceded a goal in four games.”

A solicitor who claims a couple owe almost €246,000 in fees, costs and outlay for an unsuccessful High Court planning case is entitled to summary judgment orders for €150,000 of that sum, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Early goals from Rena Buckley and Aileen Buckley proved crucial as Donoughmore managed to withstand the intentions of a brave Navan O’Mahonys in a thrilling All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship Semi-Final.

Plans for the demolition of a former public toilet and council store near the promenade in Youghal have been approved, despite objections from local residents.

The foundation of Nemo Rangers’ victory over Duhallow in the final of the Cork SFC was very much laid in the first-half when the Capwell side hit 2-8 of their 2-10 total.

Last Sunday’s Cork county final made it real for Donncha O’Connor.

Pádraig Kearns had a tense weekend waiting on news from the Duhallow players engaged in club activity, but by Monday he could exhale.

With five ex-UCD players in their match-day squad, Shamrock Rovers confirmed the Students’ relegation with a comfortable victory at the UCD Bowl.

Last Sunday they won the Waterford SHC for the sixth year on the spin and now progress to meet Sixmilebridge at a Clare venue in the provincial quarter-final on November 3.

Cork City finally preserved their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division status after a highly entertaining 3-2 win over a gutsy UCD side at Turners Cross tonight.

From having three candidates for the senior hurling manager’s position last week, Galway GAA may have none by this weekend after Tony Ward removed himself from the race.

Stephen Rochford will replace Joe Brolly on RTÉ’s live panel for this Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC replay.

There was a 46% increase in the number of unlicenced taxi drivers last year.

Dundalk remain four points clear at the top of the Premier Division following a comfortable 3-0 win over UCD in Belfield last night.

Róisín Leonard came up with the winning free for Galway as they booked their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Championship senior final for the first time since 2005 with victory over Mayo at Croke Park.

Goals in each half from Maria Reilly and Sarah Rowe, combined with a driving performance from the back by Danielle Caldwell helped Mayo book their place in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final with victory over Armagh.

The magnificent full-forward line of Grace Kelly, Rachel Kearns and Sarah Rowe came up trumps for Mayo at O’Connor Park in Tullamore as they claimed the top spot in Group 4 of the TG4 All-Ireland SFC with a deserved triumph over Donegal.

A Bohs supporter attempted to confront the UCD goalkeeper.

Yoyo Mahdy’s brilliant early goal maintained UCD’s revival as they frustrated Bohemians at the UCD Bowl.

A Rachel Kearns goal midway through the second half at Omagh’s Healy Park proved decisive as Mayo held off a battling Tyrone to win this TG4 All Ireland SFC Group 4 opener by three points.

Galway captain Tracey Leonard said that Galway learned their lessons to overcome Mayo in the Connacht SFC Final in the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.

Tracey Leonard fired goals in each half as Galway claimed their third TG4 Connacht Ladies SFC title in a row, but they needed to fend off a strong Mayo comeback to claim the win in the first Connacht final staged in Munster.

Jason McClelland’s early winner ended depleted UCD’s 11-match losing streak.

Ronan Coughlan bagged a cool hat-trick as Sligo Rovers coasted to a 5-1 win over bottom of the table UCD at the Showgrounds.

Kevin Toner’s first-half winner stretched St Patrick’s Athletic unbeaten run to four games as they dominated at the UCD Bowl.

A rip-roaring TG4 Connacht SFC Final gave the Castlebar crowd everything they craved and more when a ferocious Mayo team put Galway to the pin of their collar on Sunday afternoon.

Malachy O’Rourke’s seven-season stint with Monaghan is over after the Farney’s eight-point All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Armagh in Clones on Saturday evening.

He’s worked with the world’s top names in fashion, and David Beckham hand-picked him to change the face of British label, Kent & Curwen. Paul McLauchlan meets Dublin-born designer Daniel Kearns.

Cory Quinn (3), Paul Devlin and Barry O’Hagan all landed points late in the half to send Down into round 2 and leave the home support relieved at the final whistle.

An event at the NCH will celebrate the life of late great tenor Frank Patterson, writes Cathy Desmond.

It will be the first time since 2002 that Ireland have competed in the tournament.

Minister of State at the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services and Insurance, Michael D’Arcy has defended the Minister for Justice’s decision to shelve plans for a dedicated Garda Insurance Fraud Unit.

Teenager Cian Bargary enjoyed a memorable league debut when scoring the only goal of the game to get Cork City back to winning ways at the UCD Bowl.

Selector Shane Stapleton was the first to raise concerns about the overall state of Tipperary football after their seven-point defeat to Limerick.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.