The sudden death of young Shane Murphy last year after he collapsed playing football puts sport into perspective

The heartbroken brother of a talented young sports star who collapsed and died while playing a football match said his younger sibling had touched a huge number of people in his short life and was his “hero”.

A 16-year-old Co Cork boy who died suddenly while playing a schools’ match has been described as a “an extraordinarily skilled sportsman” by his principal.

The family of a young father who went missing while kayaking near his home five days ago have said it is impossible to find words to describe the dreadful sense of loss they are experiencing.

ON the sort of windswept afternoon only a jump racing fan could endure, a horse owned by a Limerick farmer in partnership with a Kildare businessman made the headlines in Clonmel.