The 2018 UCI Road World Championships got underway yesterday in Innsbruck, Austria with three Irish riders in action on day one.

Former Italian international rider Matteo Cigala claimed the final stage of the Kerry Group Rás Mumhan in Killorglin yesterday as overnight leader Dillon Byrne retained the yellow jersey.

Dan Martin claimed one of the best stage-race results of his career yesterday, taking third in Paris-Nice after a thrilling final day.

Forgotten Patriot is the story of Douglas Hyde, the first President of Ireland under the 1937 Constitution. He founded the Gaelic League in 1893 and was therefore responsible for the “cultural proselytising from which Irish sovereignty flowed,” according to Brian Murphy.