Sport Ireland has said it supports Minister Shane Ross’ call for FAI President Donal Conway not to seek re-election to the board of the beleaguered football association.

The Chair of Sport Ireland says Donal Conway should not continue as FAI President.

Ryan O’Rourke scored 0-7 as Leitrim advanced to Round 2 of the qualifiers with victory over Wicklow at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon.

The Minister for Justice says people involved in gangland crime are "losers".

Ex-FAI chief executive John Delaney is still on the soccer body’s payroll and could technically return to a senior role, despite the entire FAI board agreeing to step down by July.

They can’t escape now. Not even him.

The Football Association of Ireland’s State funding could be cut unless the soccer body fully explains the €100,000 loan from ex-chief executive John Delaney and other financial matters.

Leitrim manager Terry Hyland expressed his delight amid jubilant scenes in Carrick-on-Shannon after his side sealed their promotion to Division 3 on what was an historic afternoon.

James Horan wants to make history in his second stint as Mayo manager but little did he think that a nugget of it would come in his first match back as they advanced to a FBD League semi-final showdown with Galway on the back of a penalty shootout.

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The numbers of community gardaí have been axed by almost 40% in the last seven years and continue to fall in many divisions.

The Refund Project has reached almost €300,000 in donations after 1,600 households pledged some or all of the returned water charges.

The public is being asked to redirect their Irish Water refund towards the homeless crisis.

An 81-year-old man who died when a fire broke out at his home in Buttevant, Co Cork, on Friday, was a “pillar of the local community”.

In an astonishing statement posted on their website, Bray Wanderers chairman Gerry Mulvey claimed that the club’s immediate future is secure as well as announcing that they are in negotiations to leave the Carlisle Grounds and purchase a new ground.

Money owed by the Sisters of Charity to the redress scheme did not feature in discussions to move the National Maternity Hospital to the St Vincent’s Hospital campus, it has emerged.

Gardaí are investigating whether the latest massive drug seizure is connected to the Hutch criminal grouping.

A Dublin man has been jailed for his role in the movement of €778,000 worth of cannabis imported from Spain and hidden under scented candles.

Coach Billy Walsh’s absence from the Irish Olympic set-up has reignited tensions within the national boxing set-up as to why he resigned.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied it took a series of brutal gangland murders for his Government to address long-term problems in Dublin’s north inner city, as he launched a high-profile campaign for the area.

Sligo 2-15 Leitrim 0-10: Shane Ward has indicated he wants to stay in charge of Leitrim for a third year after their 2016 championship campaign came to a halt in Sligo on Saturday evening.

Leitrim 0-12 Waterford 0-8: There wasn’t quite the same fanfare that greeted Leitrim’s first qualifier win against Wicklow back in 2012, but Shane Ward’s side were far more convincing yesterday as they picked up their second backdoor victory in Carrick-on-Shannon.

There wasn’t quite the same fanfare that greeted Leitrim’s first qualifier win against Wicklow back in 2012, but Shane Ward’s side were far more convincing today as they picked up their second backdoor victory in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Labour Relations Commission chairman Kieran Mulvey is to be drafted in to mediate a dispute between St Vincent’s Hospital and The National Maternity Hospital.

The head of the Department of Public Expenditure has ruled out renegotiating pay terms agreed with public service workers under the Lansdowne Road Agreement amid a clamour for pay rises.

As Luas workers embark on yet another 48-hour strike this morning, the likelihood of further stoppages — at least until June — has risen significantly with the effective removal of one of the main mediation bodies capable of finding a resolution.

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The director of the Workplace Relations Commission has urged both sides of the ongoing Luas dispute to “step down their rhetoric” ahead of proposed strike action next week.

Funding of almost €27m was announced by Sport Ireland yesterday, with hockey, modern pentathlon, Community Games, gymnastics, and golf among the big winners.

A Dublin man facing trial over a €1m cannabis seizure has been allowed have his passport back so he can go on honeymoon.

One week on from Michael Conlan’s world championship final win, officials from the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) were last night preparing a defence for the increasing criticism launched at them following the resignation of Billy Walsh.

The furore around the departure of our greatest boxing coach Billy Walsh could set a dangerous precedent as another Irish talent is forced into exile, writes Michael Clifford

HOW very refreshing and cheering the direct intervention of Kieran Mulvey, the new chairman of Sport Ireland, was in the Billy Walsh/IABA fiasco.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association should act ‘quickly and decisively ‘ to resolve Billy Walsh’s future as head coach of Irish boxing’s High Performance Unity, according to Kieran Mulvey, chairman of the Irish Sports Council.

Roscommon 1-14 London 0-10: Ruislip hosted its final championship match before redevelopment yesterday but the dilapidated old ground went out with a whimper as Roscommon coasted past their London hosts and into a Connacht semi-final.

A Ciaran Murtagh goal proved decisive as Roscommon advanced to a GAA Connacht SFC Semi-final date with Sligo, following a seven-point win in Ruislip.

Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-8: Job done for Kevin Walsh and Galway, but Mayo will hardly be terrified by what they saw at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.