"HEARTBREAKING”. Pearce Hanley has no better way of describing Mayo’s close-run All-Ireland finals these last four years.

DANIEL Pearce — aka up and coming UK DJ Eats Everything — has always been ambitious, writes Ed Power.

The Aviva will be covered in red next weekend.

A 2016 hat-trick of Derry senior titles for Slaughtneil – football, hurling and camogie, writes Paul Keane

David McGoldrick came off the bench to ease the pressure on Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy in Saturday’s Championship action.

The Ireland team to face Austria has been named ahead of their World Cup qualifier inside the hour.

This Thursday evening Castleknock play in their first senior football semi-final. Formed in 1998, they truly are the nouveau riche of Dublin GAA. Their story is a heartening one, their defiance to make their presence felt in west Dublin all the more impressive with the mammoth St Brigid’s for company.

Kerry starlet Mark O’Connor is ready to put his childhood dreams of All-Ireland glory in the green and gold to one side in a bid to become a professional sportsman in Australia.

KEVIN PEARCE thought he had escaped the district of his Boston upbringing and a deadly secret forever. 

While Fassbender and Vikander started their own real life romance on the film and they aren't the only new loves who will be in Venice.

It was Damien Duff, speaking earlier this week in Dublin, who floated the notion of Ireland perhaps ‘doing a Leicester’ at Euro 2016 — at least in terms of narrowing the gap with teams deemed to be their superiors, like group opponents Belgium and Italy.

Roy Hodgson has told his England squad they must step up their performances if they want to become serious contenders for Euro 2016.

The healthcare system could save more than €760k over the next 10 years if survivors of prostate cancer were offered follow-up care with their GPs instead of hospital-based clinicians, according to research.

There have been a lot of whispers recently about a new Ghostbusters movie. And no, that doesn't mean the female team up starring Kristen Wiig and directed by Melissa McCarthy, but one with an all male crew which might be set in the same universe.

ARSENAL 2 READING 1: As impressive as Arsenal have been in rebuilding their season, the narrow victory that secured their place in the FA Cup final confirmed Arsene Wenger’s side still possess a flakiness that continues to undermine their ambitions to regain the position of dominance they vacated more than a decade ago.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named a strong side for today's FA Cup semi-final against Reading at Wembley, with Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck leading the attack.

ONCE UPON a Celtic Tiger time, I attended a Fianna Fáil Cairde dinner. This was in 2006, at the height of the bubble. The dinner was an annual knees-up for friends of the Soldiers of Destiny.

It started with a nightmare, but 30 years on, the success of hit TV soap Neighbours has been a dream for its fans and the legion of stars who got their big break on Ramsay St.

Bradford 0 Reading 0

Nottingham Forest have been placed under a full transfer embargo over the non-payment of a fee to Peterborough – but new boss Dougie Freedman is not fazed by the sanction.

He may have been outshone by clubmate David McGoldrick in Ireland’s 4-1 friendly win over the USA last week but Daryl Murphy remains the star Irishman at Ipswich after his goal earned Mick McCarthy’s men a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

Something tells you Pearce Hanley might never come home to wear Mayo colours again.

Nottingham Forest are in talks with Hull about a potential loan deal for Tom Ince.

Rotherham 2 Leeds United 1

Gareth Southgate has revealed England have not given up hope of tempting Aston Villa starlet Jack Grealish away from the Republic of Ireland.

Mayo County Board will issue their new manager with a series of conditions he must adhere to before taking the job.

Republic of Ireland 2 Oman 0

James McClean is out of the Republic of Ireland’s opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Georgia.

Republic of Ireland 2 Oman 0

Shay Given has been handed a 126th Republic of Ireland cap against Oman after coming out of international retirement.

Shay Given has been recalled to the Republic of Ireland squad ahead of next week’s double-header against Oman and Georgia.

No matter what else the television sports year offers up, we think we saw its most delightful touch last Saturday night.

The Rover ****

A man has been found guilty by a UK court of killing his girlfriend's baby.

Mayo 2-16 Roscommon 0-14

Prayers were said at masses yesterday for the young woman who perished in a house fire in east Cork at the weekend.

Phil Neville has admitted working as a commentator is "harder than I thought" after hundreds of viewers complained about his on-air performance during the World Cup game between England and Italy.

Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane pictured insisted he and his team- mates were moving on following the uncertainty over thefuture of assistant manager Roy Keane.

British Airways is in talks with communications satellite operator Inmarsat plc on establishing Europe’s first high-speed inflight internet service.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill handed keeper Rob Elliot a senior international debut as Turkey arrived in Dublin.

Benedict Cumberbatch has replaced Guy Pearce in the upcoming Whitey Bulger biopic.

There was mayhem at Ravenhill last night as 14-man Ulster heroically booked a place in the last four of the RaboDirect League.