Graham Burke hit the winner — his first goal back in a Hoops shirt — as Shamrock Rovers stretched their unbeaten league run to seven games against 10-man Waterford at Tallaght Stadium.

After plummeting from the highs of Sheffield United’s Premier League promotion to the low of crisis club Bolton Wanderers, Danny Lafferty has found solace in the League of Ireland.

The Menu was delighted to make recent mention of a new UCC postgraduate diploma in Irish food culture and is equally pleased to announce availability of two new bursaries for same.

“I lost a good lot of my childhood and adulthood. Only now have I realised that I have my whole life ahead of me.”

A Donegal father-of-six who repeatedly and regularly raped his teenage daughter has been jailed for 11 years.

A Donegal father-of-six raped his teenage daughter once a week while his wife was away from the house, a court has heard.

Parents Ann-Marie and Paul Lafferty said Cormac, who died aged three months, surprised them constantly during his short life.

Aspiration of milk was a factor in the death of a three-month-old baby who became ‘inconsolable’ following a feed.

Billy Connolly’s love of football, like a slick passing move from one penalty box to another, can be traced back through the length of his long career, writes Brendan O'Brien

Michael O'Neill's side continued to struggle in front of goal as they failed to make 67% possession count until Will Grigg's stoppage-time strike.

Celtic avenged their only domestic defeat under boss Brendan Rodgers with a convincing 3-1 Ladbrokes Premiership win over Hearts at Parkhead.

Hearts ended Celtic's 69-game unbeaten domestic run in stunning fashion with a 4-0 hammering of the Ladbrokes Premiership champions at Tynecastle.

Northern Ireland are on the brink of securing second place in their World Cup qualifying group after beating San Marino 3-0 to record their fourth successive victory.

Seven men have been awarded sums of between €5,050 and €9,550 over a traffic accident after the High Court rejected a car-hire company’s claim the collision was a setup.

The leader of a group which commemorates fallen IRA men has denied in the High Court he was involved in an "arranged road traffic accident."

Liam Boyce scored his first Northern Ireland goal in the win over New Zealand to stake his claim for a starting berth in next week's World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan.

Substitute Kyle Lafferty scored twice as Northern Ireland recorded a 4-0 victory over minnows San Marino in the first international to be staged at the refurbished Windsor Park.

Norwich’s Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty has been charged by the Football Association with misconduct in relation to betting.

One French media outlet labelled him ‘the unknown Irishman’, and no-one is throwing his name into the list of Golden Boot contenders, but few players are so central to their team’s hopes in France as Kyle Lafferty is to Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland received a pre-Euro 2016 scare when Kyle Lafferty limped out of training yesterday, though boss Michael O’Neill insisted there are “no major concerns” over the key striker’s groin problem.

Northern Ireland 1 Slovenia 0: Northern Ireland eclipsed Billy Bingham’s team of the mid 1980s by stretching their unbeaten run into double figures, as they beat Slovenia 1-0 in their friendly in Belfast last night.

Clonmel Commercials 1-13 St Joseph’s Miltown-Malbay 0-3, Clonmel

Kyle Lafferty struck a stoppage-time equaliser as 10-man Northern Ireland salvaged a point against Hungary to keep their Euro 2016 dreams alive.

Northern Ireland inched ever closer to a place in France next summer after victory over the 10-man Faroe Islands.

Dublin held off a stiff challenge from Monaghan to prevail in their TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones this afternoon.

Caitriona McConnell sparkled for Monaghan as they were convincing winners over Cavan in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC qualifiers at Kingspan Breffni Park this afternoon.

Kyle Lafferty and Oliver Norwood were denied in a tense finale as Northern Ireland’s crunch Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania ended in stalemate at Windsor Park.

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