A second win in a fortnight, another performance that didn’t reach the heights of 2018 and a nasty injury have given Kevin Walsh plenty to ponder as this win over Sligo qualifies Galway for the Connacht final.

Last summer Galway provided us with a 21-point spread against Sligo. Yesterday, a spirited and youthful Sligo team managed to keep the score respectable for the majority of the game.

As expected the well-flagged appointment of Liam Sheedy as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team was ratified last night by Tipperary GAA board.

A distraught father told a court yesterday that he has changed addresses five times in the past year and a half to protect himself from his son.

Accused submerged body in pit at Cliffs of Moher, court hears

British ex-servicemen would have been enthusiastic participants in next year’s commemoration of the 1916 Rising, writes Paul Taylor

Eurozone banking move not without its critics, writes Paul Taylor

The Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! is to close after around six months in the West End.

The long-awaited Spice Girls musical failed to go down well with the critics following its premiere last night.

Kevin Walsh will continue as Sligo senior football manager for the 2013 campaign, following his reappointment at a County Board meeting last night.

The Sligo County Board are poised to offer Kevin Walsh another term as manager of the county's senior football team.

Ipswich 2 Huddersfield 2

Blackburn boss Steve Kean suffered another setback in his bid to win over his doubters as Rovers crashed out after a 2-1 defeat at League One MK Dons in tonight's second round of the Capital One Cup.

Sligo chairman Cyril Feehily is in the dark about whether Kevin Walsh wishes to continue for a fifth term in the Yeats County hot seat.

Ipswich 3 Peterborough 2

One of the country’s most exclusive gyms and fitness centres, which is often used by Irish rugby players, must pay the man credited with making it a success almost €300,000 for unfair dismissal.

Peterborough 3 Blackpool 1

Peterborough 0 Sunderland 2

IT says much that, over the Christmas period, Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cotterill had made one thing his biggest priority.

A mother and two sons whose bodies were found at their home in Britain on Sunday suffered stab wounds, police confirmed today.

Police in Britain have launched a murder inquiry after the bodies of two adults and two boys were found in a house.

Paul Taylor reports from Paris on the problem with NATO taking the lead on Libya

Fresh from receiving critical praise for her return to the West End, Sienna Miller has launched a new collection of clothes with older sister Savannah.

Sienna Miller has received dazzling reviews from theatre critics after making her return to the West End following a six-year absence.

SLIGO boss Kevin Walsh, who committed to the Yeats County for another two years earlier this week, is hoping to lead them to an historic second All-Ireland title when they take on Kerry in the JFC final on Saturday.

FORMER Armagh star Justin McNulty was last night appointed Laois senior football manager.

Connacht SFC Final

A police dog handler in the UK, whose two German Shepherds died when they were left in a sweltering car, was today found guilty of animal cruelty.

Roy Keane angrily accused Crystal Palace players of helping to get striker Jon Stead sent off during the first half of Ipswich’s 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park.

NEWCASTLE UNITED have become a gauge for the top flight ambitions of their Championship rivals. Labour against the Tynesiders, and you will struggle to compete with the promotion contenders; beat them, and the Premier League could be within reach.

After a successful first year in charge, Kevin Walsh has been reappointed as Sligo's senior football manager with County Board chaiman John Murphy already looking forward to 'a productive and exciting 2010.'

THE CHAMPIONSHIP is not supposed to be like this.

Corofin (Galway) 0-11 Eastern Harps (Sligo) 0-06

Eastern Harps (SO) 0-12 Ballaghdeereen (MO) 0-09

A JURY failed yesterday to reach a verdict in the trial of three men accused of assisting the suicide bombers who killed 52 people on the London transport network on July 7, 2005.

Sligo's team captain Noel McGuire won't be fit in time for his county's Connacht SFC opener against London on May 25.

GREG HALFORD will not be the last player to be discarded by Roy Keane, but it might be the young defender, rather than the Sunderland manager, who has the last laugh this season.

SIX WEEKS AGO Kevin Phillips was convinced his career could be over, but the West Brom forward has defied medical science to make a miracle recovery in his attempts to power Albion back to the Premier League.

Timmy Murphy healed the wounds of a forgettable 24 hours by mastering the complicated Abragante in the feature race at Wincanton.

John Quinn landed his second consecutive totescoop6 Elite Hurdle as Kings Quay (4-1) followed up the success of Crow Wood 12 months ago.

The second attempt to buy British supermarket giant Sainsbury's in six months collapsed today.

The United Auto Workers union and Chrysler remained locked in negotiations this morning as workers in Detroit prepared for the picket lines.

The Qatari fund circling supermarket Sainsbury’s was today under pressure to increase its takeover offer after reportedly failing to win the support of a major shareholder.