Johnny Turk, he was ready, he primed himself well. 

Leicester 40 Scarlets 23

Leicester put indifferent domestic form behind them as they made a strong start to their European Rugby Champions Cup Group Three campaign by sinking Ulster at Welford Road.

Leicester put indifferent domestic form behind them as they made a strong start to their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign by sinking Ulster 25-18 at Welford Road.

Anti-war activist and lecturer Jim Roche argues that the brave men who signed up so willingly to fight in WW I were victims of a series of lies orchestrated for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many

Although the most celebrated recruiting posters of World War I featured the Listowel-born Herbert Kitchener, it seems they didn’t feature prominently in Kerry or Ireland generally and it seems that Kitchener did not regard the Irish as his countrymen and women.

The Quarry

At 1.50pm today, some of South London’s toughest customers will shed a quiet tear as applause drifts around the New Den for a fallen hero.

Defeated Aviva Premiership finalists Leicester have boosted their ranks ahead of next season with a trio of signings.

THE magnitude of the consequences of repeated government incompetence in major financial management is truly frightening.

PAT MULDOWNEY (Irish Examiner, March 8) raises troubling questions in relation to the Somme but also to Easter 1916.

THE Government proposes a new postage stamp and other steps to commemorate the Battle of the Somme.