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health and wellbeing

Maintain your fitness and muscle strength for healthy aging

And the good news is that it's never too late to start

Should you bring war or phoney war to the league quarter-finals?

Suffering shellshock and schadenfreude after arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio

sport

Michael Carruth felt ‘shanghaied’ by radio debate

sport

Analysis: Backed into a corner, IABA maintains silence in Billy Walsh fallout

celebrity

Saturday’s TV tips

Gaffes of the Games

1. Ailis McSweeney revealed Derval O’Rourke’s preparations in intimate detail: “She was in her own bed with her coaches in comfortable surroundings until two days ago.”

Sat, 11 Aug, 2012

TV view

I bet there is a tear in your eye...

Fri, 10 Aug, 2012

Tv view

God knows, RTE have got their money’s worth from Jimmy Magee over the years.

Thu, 09 Aug, 2012

Personal satisfaction propels O’Neill

Irish boxing has gone from strength to strength over the past decade and more, medals galore won at European, World and Olympic level.

Thu, 09 Feb, 2012

Collins: Case is money-making conspiracy

FORMER world boxing champion Steve Collins has alleged the Albanian bouncer accusing him of assault is in a money-making conspiracy with other witnesses in the trial.

Wed, 10 Nov, 2010

Darren Sutherland remembered as generous family man

Olympic medallist Darren Sutherland was today remembered not only as a loved sporting hero but as a kind and generous family man deeply committed to his community.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2009

Hickey and O’Kane have to be content with bronze

ROSS HICKEY and Eamon O’Kane both took bronze medals from the European championships in Liverpool last night as Ireland repeated the haul from the Europeans in Madrid in 1971 when flyweight, Neil McLaughlin, bantamweight Mick Dowling and featherweight Brendan McCarthy all took medals.

Fri, 14 Nov, 2008

Olympics: OCI president to be named tonight

A new president for the Olympic Council of Ireland will be decided at its annual general meeting this evening.

Thu, 15 Feb, 2001

Olympics:Burrows wins support of Olympic trio

Richard Burrows' campaign to win the presidency of the Olympic Council of Ireland has received a boost with the news that he has the backing of three former Olympians.

Wed, 14 Feb, 2001