“I’ve never seen such damage to the liver and other organs resulting from what is a bleed, which was treated aggressively from early on. It should have worked,” the pathologist said.

Poor old Luigi! The brother of Mario barely ever gets a mention — but he does get a mansion.

Catherine Shanahan Health Correspondent

The Republic of Ireland have been beaten 4-0 by Portugal in their Under-19 European Championship semi-final.

There was a time when Nintendo were plumbing new depths to keep Mario relevant. Games like Doctor Mario and Mario Party are decent efforts, but they hardly compare to the real deal.

Yoshi's Crafted World is a cardboard- cutout platformer. Don’t take that the wrong way, though.

It was one of the most bitter and brilliant rivalries in the annals of Irish athletics, and 10 years on from its apex, the feelings still linger for David Campbell and Thomas Chamney. From selection scandals to doping dilemmas, dream races to nightmare injuries, they now open up to Cathal Dennehy about what brought their careers together — and ultimately drove them apart.

Even in death, Emma Mhic Mhathúna would not be silenced.

Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children who sued over CervicalCheck smears have settled their legal action for €7.5m.

A mother-of-five who experienced a delayed cervical cancer diagnosis has spoken of her experience after her case was uncovered as part of a recent HSE review.

West Ham 1 Manchester City 4: With a century of goals and a host of records set to tumble before the curtain falls on their title-winning campaign, Manchester City’s season continues to set new standards, which manager Pep Guardiola believes will mark them out as the best team in Premier League history.

The EU is pretty unwilling to allow any concessions that would weaken the structures of the union’s edifice, writes Jim Power.

Chelsea 1 West Ham 1: Antonio Conte’s damning and withering verdict of Chelsea’s performance as they threw away two points against West Ham has left even more question marks hanging over his future - with any hope of Champions League football next season now looking forlorn.

Mark Noble's penalty cancelled out a rare Christian Benteke goal as injury-hit West Ham battled to a 1-1 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace at the London Stadium.

The attacking midfielder played in all seven games as Portugal won Euro 2016.

TV3 have launched their Christmas schedule, and there seems to be plenty of viewing for everyone in the family.

Esther N MCarthy goes eye-to-eye with Mario Rosenstock andemerges amazed at his ability to instantly morphy into different personas. Genuinely.

A robot from Japan is being heralded as the the latest breakthrough for dementia sufferers. Margaret Jennings talks to a UCD professor who wants its inventors to introduce it here

Analysts have hailed ECB head Mario Draghi as his handling of a cutback in euro crisis measures helped relieve European exporters, boosted European stock- markets, pushed down Irish bond yields, while reassuring there would be no early hike in interest rates.

We check out Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Monster Hunter Stories, Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition and Destiny 2.

NINTENDO, we take our hats off to you. You won E3 and made Mario look exciting again. Hats are flying everywhere, in fact, as Super Mario Odyssey introduces a cool new mechanic to the series.

Super Mario Odyssey, the first proper Mario game for the Nintendo Switch, will feature a local co-op gameplay mode albeit one that is slightly unusual.

Super Mario Odyssey, the brand new Super Mario game for the Nintendo Switch, will go on sale worldwide from October 27.

A talented modder by the name of Shiryu has created a pretty impressive Sonic the Hedgehog 2 mod that sees Yoshi of Super Mario fame join the game.

A Met spokesman said: "A film crew making a documentary were present during the incident and called the London Ambulance Service."

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze has been ruled out of action for the foreseeable future after the cause of his long-term muscle problems was found to be linked to his metabolism.

Real Madrid came from two goals down to swiftly reclaim top spot in LaLiga with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Villarreal.

Mario Lewis has re-created the opening sequence of Forrest Gump and replaced the music with his own 8-bit scoring.

A spectacular artistic Wild Atlantic Way inauguration day tribute to US President-elect Donald Trump is being planned for Ballybunion.

Yanis Varoufakis explores the strange new world where money is intrinsically worthless and how the solution to tackling this must come from a change in definition for currencies.

Concerns over lasting impact and cost of hosting the 2016 Games

SONIC the Hedgehog is a prickly subject. Not only does he elicit terrible puns from video game writers, he does so while dividing opinion quicker than a ghostbuster with boobs. 

Simon Collings compares the two sides before they clash in Euro 2016 final.

Portugal 2 Wales 0: It shouldn’t be all about Cristiano Ronaldo, it really shouldn’t, but from the moment people labelled this match as Ronaldo v Bale you knew there was no way on earth he was going to settle for second best — and that’s why Wales are finally out of Euro 2016 and Portugal can look forward to the final in Paris on Sunday.

NOT enough games are set in the ocean, writes Ronan Jennings. (It adds a lot of depth.) 

Iceland 1 Portugal 1: It was meant to be all about Cristiano Ronaldo in St Etienne but a man nicknamed Thor stole his thunder as Iceland held Portugal to a 1-1 draw in Group F.