Foot and mouth - 2001. A year and three words I and anybody in agriculture or horse racing will never forget.

CORK 1-25 LIMERICK 0-28: The capacity of hurling to enthral knows no bounds as this wonder of a game demonstrated on Saturday evening.

On a day when Jordan Spieth got that sinking feeling again, Brian Keogh examines the major talking points...

Should Ireland ever commit to the Commonwealth again, it would only be to the benefit of its sports men and women in the 26 counties, smack bang in the middle of every Olympic cycle