His niece, Moya Brennan, took to Twitter to share the sad news of her uncle's death.

Leo Brennan, the father of international entertainers Enya and Clannad, died at his home in Gweedore, Co Donegal, yesterday.

Bayern Munich 2 Atletico Madrid 1

Atletico Madrid 2 Barcelona 0, Atletico win 3-2 on aggregate: Holders Barcelona are out of the Champions League after Antoine Griezmann’s brace sent Atletico Madrid through to semi-finals with a 2-0 quarter-final second-leg victory.

On the 50th anniversary of the death of Piaras Beaslaí, Ryle Dwyer assesses how his biography of Michael Collins sparked a slew of rumours about the Big Fellow.

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

Atletico Madrid have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals after they endured a night to forget at Bayer Leverkusen.

Equestrian: Nineteen-year-old Bertram Allen continues to stun the world of show jumping, qualifying for the Longines World Cup final yesterday in his first season when runner-up in Zurich, Switzerland.

Moya Brennan and her family group are on the road again for their first Irish tour since 1993, writes Ed Power

NÁDÚR (Nature) is the new studio album by Donegal band, Clannad, whose members are siblings, Moya, Ciarán and Pól Brennan and their twin uncles, Noel and Padraig Duggan.

TO celebrate International Women’s Day today, Third Age would like to honour and praise several influential Irish women who have changed our society and lives for the better.

Billy Twomey is confident that he and Denis Lynch have won two individual spots for Ireland in the Olympics, saying that, with almost three weeks to go to the March 1 cut-off date, they cannot be caught by Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya.

TWO disabled Belarusian girls destined for a life in grim mental institutions have achieved their dream of walking — thanks to 14 corrective operations carried out by Irish surgeons.

Manchester City 2 Valencia 0

World number two Roger Federer kicked off his Australian stay with an easy win over Spaniard Carlos Moya in the AAMI Classic at Kooyong.

THE two little girls playing tea party in the sparse room of the orphanage caught John O’Riordan’s eye.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal moved a step closer to claiming his first title of the season on Monday after recording a 6-1 6-3 victory against American teenager Donald Young at the Pacific Life Open.

Top seed Carlos Moya advanced to his first championship match of the season and the 43rd of his career on Saturday as he defeated unseeded Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/5) in the Brasil Open semi-finals.

A beefed-up Rafael Nadal muscled his way into the second round of the Australian Open with a gritty straight-sets win on day one.

Only half of the eight seeded players remain in the draw heading into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.

VENUS WILLIAMS will bid to avenge sister Serena’s US Open quarter-final defeat to top-seed Justine Henin at Flushing Meadows tonight when she gets her chance against the French Open champion in the last four.

Novak Djokovic battled illness, a back problem and the considerable challenge of Juan Monaco to reach the US Open quarter-finals in New York.

CARLOS MOYA and Juan Igancio Chela ensured the US Open men’s singles quarter-finals would be an all-seeded affair when they rebuffed the challenges of Ernests Gulbis and Stanislas Wawrinka in New York last night.

Spaniards Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Carlos Moya all progressed to the round of 16 at the US Open on Sunday.

REIGNING champion Rafael Nadal easily got the better of close friend and fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya to stride into the semi-finals of the French Open.

SERENA WILLIAMS signalled her intent to regain the Wimbledon crown as the number seven seed brushed past Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain in straight sets on Court Two yesterday.

Justine Henin and Serena Williams will renew their rivalry today when they meet in the quarter-finals of the French Open.

RAFAEL NADAL gave yet another clay-court masterclass yesterday as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to ease into the quarter-finals.

Rafael Nadal gave another claycourt masterclass today as he passed his first genuine test of this year’s French Open with flying colours to progress untroubled into the quarter-finals.

Carlos Moya’s quest for a second French Open title continued unabated on Monday as he surged into the quarter-finals thanks to a straight-sets victory over veteran Jonas Bjorkman.

Marcos Baghdatis progressed through to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Jan Hajek withdrew because of injury midway through their clash on Suzanne Lenglen court.

Lleyton Hewitt was delighted his renowned fighting spirit came to his rescue as he recovered from going two sets down to seal an epic victory over former champion Gaston Gaudio at the French Open.

The stars of Ireland’s music industry are expected to turn out in Dublin’s Point Theatre tonight for the Meteor Music Awards.

Irish singer Moya Brennan is to sing for Pope Benedict XVI as part of World Youth Day in Cologne in Germany, it was confirmed.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal gave an indication of his outstanding talent by breezing past French hope Richard Gasquet in straight sets in front of a sold-out Philippe Chatrier Centre court at Roland Garros.

French Open favourite Rafael Nadal was already concentrating on his third-round match against French youngster Richard Gasquet after impressively dispatching Belgium’s Xavier Malisse in round two on Wednesday.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal powered into the second round of the French Open today as both made impressive opening-day statements of intent.

Roger Federer looked in ominous form as he coasted through to the second round of the French Open on Monday with a straight-sets victory over Israel’s Dudi Sela.

Jose Antonio Reyes’ agent has dismissed the latest speculation linking the Arsenal striker with a move back to the Primera Liga.

JOSE Antonio Reyes is happy at Arsenal and does not want to leave for Real Madrid, according to his agent.

Roger Federer and Andre Agassi cruised into the second round of the Australian Open today as fifth seed Carlos Moya crashed out to his Davis Cup hitting partner.

Spain won the Davis Cup for the second time as Carlos Moya wrapped up victory over the United States by beating Andy Roddick.