Almost 15,000 signatures have been gathered in less than 24 hours in an attempt to stop the sale of 5,000 acres of land in the Dublin Mountains.

Olympic champion Katie Taylor was described as “the best ambassador for sport that we ever had in this country” by Minister of State Michael Ring yesterday in Castlebar.

A revised support scheme for GAA inter-county players has been agreed and will see €900,000 provided in 2013 and in 2014.

Throughout the Olympics we have enjoyed watching fantastic performances from our Olympic athletes, and on their return both Minister Ring and John Treacy rightly applauded them for those performances, and equally rightly, both men have committed to support our Olympic athletes in the future.

John Treacy has expressed his satisfaction with the performance of Team Ireland at the 2012 Olympics and welcomed sentiments from Minister of State for Tourism and from Sport Michael Ring that results in London will help augment the sector’s budget.

Like all Olympians, eventer Mark Kyle, has weighed up his and his team’s prospects in terms of probabilities and possibilities.

Junior Sports Minister Michael Ring has defended the sports grants system after a report described "third world conditions" at the gym used by two Irish boxing stars.

A new €30m fund for important sports capital projects has been launched.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has today announced funding of €2.6m for 34 national festivals taking place all around Ireland this year.

Team Ireland has received a heroes' welcome at Dublin Airport this afternoon after major success at the Special Olympics.

Junior Minister for Tourism Michael Ring has issued a direct appeal for people to consider a holiday in Ireland this year.