Amy Foster has equalled the Irish indoor 60m record to qualify for March’s World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, writes Will Downing.

Blackrock defeated Newcestown by 1-13 to 1-11 in the Cork SHC quarter-final at a wind and rain-swept Páirc Uí Rinn this evening.

Ciara Mageean will bid to become the first Irish woman to break two minutes for 800m when she lines out at the Morton Games in Dublin this evening.

An auditor for Anglo Irish Bank has told a trial that he misled a previous trial about a statement he gave to gardaí.

Ciara Mageean couldn’t hide her disappointment after a fifth place finish in the women’s 1500m in 4:12.46 on an exciting night of athletics at the Athlone International Grand Prix. Athletics

Investigators into alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick used “unlawful" practices when taking witness statements, his trial has heard.

A former financial controller with Anglo Irish Bank has said he was surprised that external auditors never queried the annual refinancing of the bank’s loans to former chairman Seán FitzPatrick.

Leevale AC retained their women’s title at the Glohealth National Road Relays, in Dublin, yesterday, while hosts, Raheny, won the men’s race.

A law lecturer wanted in Britain for making indecent images of a child has launched a last-minute legal bid aimed at halting his extradition to England.

On what was his 21st birthday, Marcus Lawler came of age in style yesterday by blitzing the field to win the 200m title at the GloHealth National Indoor Championships in Athlone.

Former TD and minister Ivor Callely will not have to return to prison following the State’s decision to allow him enhanced remission on the prison sentence he received for fraudulently claiming Oireachtas expenses on forged mobile phone invoices.

Newcestown 1-13 Tracton 0-12 (Cork PIHC quarter-final): A repeat result of their first-round meeting returned the Newcestown hurlers to the premier intermediate semi-final juncture, but no statement of intent did they issue yesterday afternoon.

A group of amateur actors have upped the stakes for stag dos all over Ireland.

AP McCoy calls time on the most successful career in the history of jump racing today and I would have made sure I was in Sandown for it to join in on the celebrations, whether I had a ride or not, writes Ruby Walsh

A Dublin man has received a 12-year sentence, with the final two years suspended, for the repeated rape of his partner’s then 11-year-old daughter in her Galway home.

A Dublin man will be sentenced next month for the repeated rape of his partner’s then 11-year-old daughter in her Galway home.

Dessie Hughes was described as the "professional’s professional" by Willie Mullins as tributes poured in from the racing world following the Kildare trainer’s death at the age of 71.

Jailed former senator Ivor Callely has been granted bail at the High Court, pending the outcome of his challenge to the refusal of the minister for justice to grant him temporary release from prison.

Ballyhea 1-17 Newcestown 0-16

The competitor in me loves watching horse racing, there are so many elements that make it enthralling.

A Cork garda was told in January by former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan that he would be sacked for breaches of discipline, including accessing the force’s Pulse records.

A Chinese peasant farmer’s son, who claims he was brutally trafficked into Ireland, was pictured on his €500 iPhone eating crab and drinking red wine at a function in Dublin, the High Court has heard.

A father of two who robbed the same bookmakers twice within two days to get a birthday present for his son and alcohol for himself has received a suspended jail sentence.

The prosecution case has closed in the Central Criminal Court trial of a father accused of raping his young daughter.

Mary Cullen broke away from the field in the final 400 metres to win gold in the 1500 metres final at the Woodie's DIY Irish Indoor Championships in Belfast.

THE Sunday Tribune newspaper is taking legal action against the Irish Mail on Sunday for a share of revenues generated by sales of last weekend’s edition of the Mail which used a fake Tribune front page.

SOLICITORS and barristers earned €54.3 million between them last year through providing state-funded criminal legal aid, according to figures from the Department of Justice.

A jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of orally raping a woman with learning difficulties has heard she has a mental age of between eight and nine years old.

A jury in the Central Criminal Court trial of a Louth man accused of orally raping a woman with learning difficulties have watched a video of her interview with gardaí.

A 10-year-old girl has alleged that her father, who is accused of cruelty to his five children, raped her when she was eight and her younger brother has alleged that the man hit him with a belt even when he was good.

The foster mother of a young boy has told a jury that when he was brought to her home he was wearing clothes two sizes too small and covered his food with his hands when eating as if to stop someone taking it.

RIGHTLY or wrongly, National Hunt jockeys these days are rated by the number of winners they ride at the Cheltenham Festival.

ANTRIM joint manager, Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton has indicated this will be his last season at the helm with the county hurlers.

MONAGHAN GAA chiefs will today decide whether to appeal the eight-week ban handed down to attacker Tommy Freeman arising out of last week’s controversial Ulster SFC clash against Derry.

Armagh 3-24 Donegal 2-12

Antrim 3-19 Kerry 4-14, Casement Park

Antrim 4-16 Wexford 4-12

A father of two who sexually assaulted a girl and had sex with her while she was aged between 13 and 15 years old has been given a seven-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Meath 2-11 UCD 0-15

The brother of Britain’s most wanted paedophile has pressed charges against him which may block his extradition from Ireland to the UK.