Western Europe’s biggest oil producer is, seemingly, falling out of love with oil.

Double gold for Ireland was the climax of an historic weekend at the world championships in Bulgaria where Sanita Puspure and the O’Donovan brothers finally reached the top of the podium.

Ireland 62 Norway 73

Ireland’s re-emergence as a player on the international basketball stage won a huge boost last year when the country’s Under 18 girls ranked second in the European Championships. Now the senior women’s squad look to build on that momentum in Cork this week.

Rep of Ireland 0 Norway 2

There will be a crowd in excess of 40,000 at Wembley today to see Arsenal and Chelsea contest the 2018 Women’s FA Cup final, writes Liam Mackey.

Colin Bell has said he won’t consider selecting Stephanie Roche for Ireland’s back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against Norway in June.

With the dust still settling on their 2-0 defeat by the Netherlands in Tallaght, the Ireland women’s team are already looking ahead to June and what will be crucial back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against Norway.

Dundalk FC investor Corey Woolfolk insists the club can follow in Rosenborg’s footsteps by earning themselves the upgrade of Oriel Park that most supporters crave.

When I gave it a bit more thought though, I fell half in love with the idea of having my own personal robot to mind me, writes Terry Prone.

Rosenborg 2 - 1 Dundalk (a.e.t - Rosenborg win 3-2 on agg.) Matthias Vilhjalmsson’s header in extra-time and the top of the crossbar denied Dundalk a stunning result against Rosenborg at the Lerkendal Stadion last night as their European dreams came to a cruel end in Norway.

Dundalk will have to repeat their feat of 12 months ago and score away in Scandinavia next week if they are to embark on another European adventure.

Back when Stephen Kenny last faced Rosenborg in the Champions League as manager of Bohemians in 2003, the Norwegians were the team most League of Ireland sides wanted to emulate.

Through ‘Prime Suspect’ to ‘The Bridge’, ‘Department Q’, and countless others, Mary Kate Schilling has toured the world and learned some valuable lessons

Flatulence is just as common in marine mammals as in humans and terrestrial animals, writes Damien Enright

Gary O’Donovan looks giddy. He has every right to be, having just won an Olympic silver, but this goes beyond that as even on the biggest day of his life, he can’t help himself. 

It took six months, strong high-altitude winds, and a whole lot of luck for a little balloon to fly some 2,500km from Ireland to Norway.

No country that wants to benefit from the European project has been able to have its cake and eat it, as the examples of Norway and Switzerland show, writes Daniel Gros

An Irish town has launched a massive community campaign to ensure the red carpet is rolled out for a Norwegian family who found their message-on-a-balloon 2,500km away.

Irish drug users are near the top of the table for problems caused by ecstasy and alcohol, an international drug survey indicates.

Europe’s most notorious mass murderer, Anders Breivik, complained about his treatment in prison and has won his case against the Norwegian government. Relatives of his victims were not so lucky, writes Asne Seierstad

The need for small homegrown industries in this country is greater now than at any time in the past. We should aim to promote the establishment of small businesses in all towns and villages.

Australian pilot Paul Royle, who took part in a mass break out from a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War, has died in his home town of Perth. He was 101.

Odds BK 2 | Shamrock Rovers 1 (Odds BK win 4-1 on agg)

James Slowey struggled to swim a length of a pool or run 5km a decade ago. On August 1, he will compete in the iconic Norseman Xtreme Triathlon which involves a 3.8km swim, a 180km cycle, a run of 42.2km and finishes with an ascent up the 1,8880m Gaustatoppe mountain.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Odds Ballklub 2

A planned exhibition about the killings of 77 people in 2011 is angering some Norwegians, who fear it will turn into a “hall of fame” for mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik.

Dublin is the most popular overall destination for summertime holidaymakers in Ireland, despite being the most expensive, with average hotel prices rising by 17%, or €22, on average per night over the past year.

Congratulations to Alan Whelan (Irish Examiner, Letters, March 25) for rightly identifying the dereliction of duty inherent in the cowardly decision by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP0 not to preach the Church’s teaching regarding the nature of marriage.

The UK’s future is within the EU, not left outside on the margins as key decisions and

One of the two Russian ‘Bear’ bombers which flew into Irish-controlled airspace last week was reportedly carrying a nuclear weapon.

SMOKED salmon is the easy part of Christmas. Throw it on brown bread, with lemon and black pepper, and the innocents will think it’s posh and that you’ve spent a lot. 

Bob Geldof enlisted Carla Bruni to write a French version of Band Aid 30.

Victorial White's article last week about the immorality of SMA sponsoring ‘pregnancy and baby’ fairs, in Cork and Dublin, drew a phenomonal response, some of it positive, some of it angry. Here she expands further on her arguments and responds to the criticism. (Comment on this story) 

Sligo Rovers 1 Rosenborg BK 3(Aggregate 3-4)

Mike Jensen broke Sligo hearts tonight as Rosenborg hit back to book their place in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

One in every two people with asthma put their lives at risk because their asthma is out of control.

Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill looks at a documentary that explores Ireland’s oil and gas resources that claims the Government is being careless with the country’s precious stocks.