The sight of Garry Ringrose in Ireland gear at yesterday’s training session was heartening in and of itself but it took on far greater significance later in the afternoon when news of Chris Farrell’s ill-fortune broke.

He was initially described as Lazarus for his recovery, but a scan revealed worse news.

On the field, Chris Farrell had an injury scare while training on the Lansdowne Road pitch.

When Michael O’Leary gave Davy Russell the bullet, on New Years’ Eve 2013, one might have expected the rider to pull out his pipe, put on the slippers and take his place among the majority of jockeys, the journeymen, writes Pat Keane.

The prime minister has helped Labour achieve a comeback which would force Lazarus to give a standing ovation, writes Allan Prosser.

The possibility of a historic split of Ireland’s security and policing systems could be included as part of the Government’s imminent root and branch review of the gardaí.

SCIENCE sometimes gets things wrong. 

I am switching mobile phone providers. This morning, on day three of trying to activate a new phone sim card, I’m sitting at the kitchen table, in front of my laptop.

Ellie O’Byrne meets contemporary dancer Oona Doherty to discuss her tour of Ireland with the show Maria Maria Maria.

A mother whose teenage daughter died after taking ecstasy has thanked her friends for their bravery in “spreading awareness for the greater good”.

The mother of a teenage girl who died after taking ecstasy thanked her friends for their bravery in ‘spreading awareness for the greater good.’

And so we arrive at a point of definition in Euro 2016: a knockout game before the knockout stage, a cup final to gain access to another cup final.

Irish playwright Enda Walsh has called his experience working with David Bowie on the musical Lazarus, one of the last works Bowie completed before his death in January, a “ridiculous honour,” and said he was aware of the graveness of Bowie’s illness throughout their collaboration.

Labour has managed to secure its speaking rights in the new Dáil after party TD Willie Penrose retained his seat following a six-day count in Longford-Westmeath.

Labour’s Willie Penrose has taken the final seat after six days of counting in the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

Ed Power spent the weekend at Ireland’s first Bowie Festival

The icon joined Alicia Keys onstage to sing his hit single, Changes.

No, you're crying!

THERE must have come a moment yesterday when the Taoiseach and his senior cabinet ministers asked themselves what more they can do to win the support and affection of the Irish electorate.

Time is running out for a paralysed Cork man to raise funds to keep a vital robotic exoskeleton in Ireland.

That trapdoor under Rodgers will not budge, no matter how many people are stamping on it now.

Dublin 3-15 Mayo 1-14: It lacked the deliriousness of the All-Ireland semi-final replay 12 months earlier, when Mayo and Kerry set Limerick alight, but this last four second act wanted for little else, save the sort of dramatic ending that seemed a given for so long.

Ellie O’Byrne meets a young man who is pushing the boundaries of disability by fundraising for an exoskeleton which allows wheelchair users to walk again — with and without support.

Cork 1-27 Dublin 2-23: It wasn’t exactly instant karma.

SUSAN HILL’s long and diverse career will surely always be defined by The Woman in Black. 

Simon Callow is on a nine-week run of one-night stands with his one-man play. He talks to Colette Sheridan

Daniel Bohan first describes himself as the Bionic Man, then decides Lazarus is a more appropriate comparison.

Susan Hill

Keegan’s return sharpens Kerry and Mayo focus as venue furore fades into the background.

Dull might be the best word to describe what’s on offer in Ireland this weekend, but the show goes on and the nap vote at Tramore today falls on Raajih in the Summerhill Shopping Centre Beginners Chase.