We are in a brief hiatus in the negotiations between the EU and US on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). 

mickey Linden’s sporting career was as long as it was illustrious but two All-Ireland titles and three Ulster crowns don’t tell half the story about a man who, along with Peter Canavan, was probably the most electrifying inside forward in the country during the 1990s.

The much-maligned spirit is in line for an overhaul. Jonathan deBurca Butler had a go with the cocktail shaker

There were so many heart-stirring and heart-warming stories over the past GAA weekend, but one that really brought a smile to my face happened way off Broadway on a club pitch in County Down.

It was a rivalry that defined a generation of Ulster football in more ways than one.

Zooey Deschanel is dating screenwriter Jamie Linden.

He saw off Kerry’s Tom Spillane and Meath hard man Mick Lyons in the space of a few mad weeks almost 20 years ago. So what ever became of Down powerhouse and All-Ireland winner Peter Withnell? Brendan O’Brien tracked him down

CONOR DEEGAN doesn’t remember the exact year. It might have been 1989 or maybe the season after. Whenever, it was a game played in the Marshes and he recalls it as the catalyst for Down’s All-Ireland successes in the 1990s.

DOWN forward Danny Hughes is refusing to contemplate the possibility that next Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final is a ‘now or never’ moment for the older members on the county panel.

WE may witness the end of an era in Ulster football tomorrow and it seems fitting that Down should be the team primed to bring down the curtain.

A major Irish sale of antique rugs is to go under the hammer today.

One of the biggest-ever Irish sales of antique rugs goes under the hammer this week. The auction featuring 139 carpets features an early 18th Century French tapestry that could fetch up to €25,000.

Former Down star Mickey Linden helped his club side Mayobridge retain the Down SFC crown yesterday at the ripe old age of 42!

ICE HOCKEY’S NHL in America is on the brink of becoming the first American sports league to lose an entire season due to a labour dispute.

Crossmaglen Rangers' boss Michael McConville has defended Francie Bellew following the full-back's challenge on Mickey Linden, which led to the Mayobridge player-manager leaving the field after 14 minutes of the Ulster club football final.

LIAM HAYES was installed as Carlow football manager late last night and immediately warned that everybody in the county would have to stand up and be examined by the end of the year.

Down legend and Mayobridge player/manager Mickey Linden is out of Sunday's Ulster club football final against Armagh's Crossmaglen Rangers.

THE spectator who assaulted referee Martin Brady in Casement Park last Sunday has been suspended for two years by the Ulster Council.

DOWN legend Mickey Linden has proposed a radical rule change to stamp out cynical and persistent fouling on forwards.

LAST season’s Cloyne senior hurling coach, Donal Clifford, has made a surprise move and will guide the fortunes of intermediate club Cobh for 2004.

MICKEY LINDEN will celebrate his 40th birthday next Friday.

Down 2-10 Fermanagh 0-11

Down boss Paddy O'Rourke singled out veteran stars James McCartan and Mickey Linden for particular praise after the Mourne men's Ulster semi-final victory over Fermanagh.

Down 2-10 Fermanagh 0-11

NINETEEN years after making his inter-county debut, Mickey Linden is back in the Down senior squad for this year’s Ulster championship.

Veteran Down star Mickey Linden has been drafted back into the Mourne County panel despite being on the cusp of turning 40.

Trainer Colin Tizzard has confirmed that last year’s winner of the Sporting Index Steeplechase, Lucky Clover, will return to Cheltenham to defend his crown.

Donegal 3-12 Down 1-6