Germany head coach Eddie Bolger won’t have any divided loyalties as he looks to put one over his native Ireland at the European Games boxing tournament in Minsk.

Mickey Harte has been confronted by hellish personal experiences, from a brush with cancer to the deaths of his daughter Michaela and two brothers. He has been questioned in his county after a barren spell followed his breakthrough glories, but a deep faith in God and in his own ability to change and adapt meant he never questioned his beliefs. Even if he’s not quite ready to absolve all sins.

Mickey Harte hasn’t had to just contend with the death of his daughter Michaela, as well as the more mundane disappointment of four semi-final defeats since last guiding Tyrone to an All-Ireland final — he also had a brush with cancer.

Croke Park will surely be filled with a very different type of atmosphere next Sunday afternoon than the peaceful holiness brought by Pope Francis last weekend.

Michaela Walsh guaranteed Ireland at least bronze at the European Elite Women’s Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, yesterday.

Katie Taylor, the IBF and WBA lightweight champion, is “ready to fight” on July 28 despite the shooting of father Peter in her hometown of Bray this week.

The sister of a young cyclist killed by a driver who was over the legal limit has criticised the leniency of his sentence.

The father of a teenage cyclist who was struck by a drink driver has described having to leave his son’s body at the side of the road to get home to break the news to his daughters before they found out on social media.

The heartbroken family of an 18-year-old cyclist who was fatally injured by the careless driving of a motorist have been left to wonder how any driver could go on the road after drinking.

13-year-old Michaela Morley spoke up for donor cards on the Late late last night in her inimitable way, as her proud mum and dad looked on.

Book clubs can inspire busy adults to rediscover a love of reading, but they are also places to meet, gossip, socialise and drink tea and coffee, says Paula Burns.

John McAreavey will today seek to reignite the police probe by Mauritian authorities into the murder of his wife, Michaela, after the island’s prime minister yesterday said the case would be prioritised.

Two of 2017’s ‘Operation Transformation’ leaders tell Ruth O’Connor their stories and share their hopes for this season’s show

If there was a song to describe Michaela’s life right now it would be Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. The RTÉ2 Scorchio actress is "having a good time"  and staying in shape, even if it means living in fast-forward mode seven days a week, writes Irene Feighan.

Method helps young people focus on getting happy, says Ailin Quinlan

Pope Francis has blessed the eyes of a five-year-old Ohio girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is gradually robbing her of her sight.

Catholics should be as proud of their faith as GAA supporters are of their jersey, Tyrone manager Mickey Harte told a religious conference in Limerick. Catholics tend to be too apologetic, he said, and should not be swayed by scandals perpetrated by a very small minority of clergy.

They played nice at their respective press evenings but it’s hardly surprising that when two counties who share such a storied, chequered recent history meet, there are going to be unpalatable truths for both.

Michaela DePrince’s journey from civil war orphan to ballet star fame is the stuff of fairytale, writes Marjorie Brennan.

1. Eamonn Fitzmaurice and the letters

Veteran broadcaster Pat Kenny returned to television with a peak-time series that premiered last night on UTV Ireland.

Olympic champion Katie Taylor and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Michaela Walsh posted landslide last-32 victories at the AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea yesterday.

Police in Mauritius are expected to make arrests within the next week, saying that new DNA evidence has provided a breakthrough in the hunt for the killers of Michaela McAreavey.

Four suspects have been reportedly identified by police in Mauritius investigating the murder of Michaela McAreavey in a hotel there in 2011.

Northern Ireland’s boxers claimed the most medals — two gold, two silver and five bronze – at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.

BOXING: Olympic boxing bronze medallists Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes will lead a team of 117 Northern Ireland athletes to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month.

The family of Michaela McAreavey, murdered in her honeymoon suite in Mauritius, has said criminal investigations have ground to a halt.

“Mary Poppins is yesterday — Granny Aupair is today”.

The chill factor in Killarney tomorrow won’t be the western breeze but the cooling of jets.

Mauritian authorities are awaiting results on new DNA evidence which could lead to a breakthrough in the murder of Michaela McAreavey.

Michaela McAreavey's widow, John, has revealed that he is in another relationship three years after his wife was killed while they were on honeymoon in Mauritius.

John McAreavey has said there has been some progress in the new investigation into the murder of his wife Michaela.

The hotel where Michaela McAreavey was brutally murdered has been voted the best honeymoon destination in Mauritius.

ACCLAIMED coloratura soprano, Kim Sheehan, will make her Cork professional debut as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the Curtis Auditorium in the CIT Cork School of Music, from Jan 10-12.

1. Páraic Duffy, Director general

John McAreavey has spoken about how drinking tea as a student played a central role in him falling in love with his wife Michaela.

There are few on this island who can lay claim to having ever got the better of Sonia O’Sullivan on the track.

Injury plagued Tyrone forward Stephen O’Neill’s latest setback has been described as “criminal” by boss Mickey Harte.

A Mauritian newspaper editor who published graphic photographs of the body of murdered Irish honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has been found guilty of outraging public and religious morality.

A Mauritian newspaper editor who published graphic photographs of the body of murdered honeymooner Michaela McAreavey has been found guilty of outraging public and religious morality.

A hotel security guard who was among the initial suspects in the Michaela McAreavey murder case is set to be charged in connection with her murder.