The Games will not now take place in 2020, but will happen no later than the summer of 2021.

Rob Heffernan has slammed the International Olympic Committee for delaying its decision about a possible postponement of the Tokyo Games, branding the IOC’s dithering as “ridiculous”.

Some of the brains behind Ireland’s Olympic assault on Japan next summer are confident that Rory McIlroy and others competing in green can actually profit from the soaring temperatures and high humidity expected throughout the Games.

Hideyuki Harada has been mayor of Fukuroi for 19 years. Six times he has been elected to his post. This is a man who knows a thing or two about how to handle people and he is charm personified as a dozen or so Irish journalists join him at city hall the day before Japan and Ireland meet in their World Cup Pool A encounter ten minutes down the road.

Olympic Federation of Ireland President Sarah Keane is “surprised” Pat Hickey received an invitation to attend next month’s European Games in Belarus.

Recruitment company Indeed has announced it will be creating 600 new jobs for Dublin over the next five years.

What a difference a day made this week.

“A straight-talking Aussie with a big heart” – that’s how the Irish team’s Chef de Mission for the Tokyo Olympics was described yesterday by Peter Sherrard, CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).

"You all sit there and think I’ve got to answer to everything? Who the hell do you think you are? I’ve got to answer to you? No I don’t.”

At the Ireland team hotel in Portmarnock yesterday, Roy Keane was asked by a television reporter if he was prepared to discuss the well-publicised incident in the team hotel last Wednesday, in which the Assistant Manager had a confrontation with Irish fan Frank Gillespie.

It’s a pretty safe bet that the assistant manager of Ireland will command more column inches and airspace than the assistant manager of Gibraltar before the two countries meet in their Euro 2016 qualifier at the Aviva on Saturday, October 11.

Robbie Keane has urged the Republic of Ireland not to pass up the opportunity to book their place in the extended Euro 2016 finals.

FAI chief executive John Delaney had earlier met with Giovanni Trapattoni yesterday before conducting this interview in his office in Abbotstown.

One of Ireland’s brightest young soccer stars has spoken out about the racist abuse he suffers playing with his home club in Mayo.

WOLVES BOSS Mick McCarthy has dismissed Giovanni Trapattoni’s concern that striker Kevin Doyle might have been tired when he joined up with the Ireland squad prior to picking up a knee injury against Macedonia that could sideline him for the rest of the season.

AIRTRICITY League of Ireland clubs have rallied behind Limerick in their battle with the FAI over the proposed friendly game against Barcelona at Thomond Park on July 31.

DARRON GIBSON was the most high-profile casualty as a decimated version of Ireland’s developmental squad gathered for the first day of their training camp in Malahide yesterday.

TICKET prices for Ireland’s upcoming friendly with South Africa at Thomond Park next month have been slashed in a bid to sell out the famous Limerick stadium.

THE FAI last night defended the ticket bundling policy for the Republic of Ireland’s final World Cup qualifiers.

PORTUGUESE striker Nuno Gomes has given the thumbs-up to Giovanni Trapattoni, as the veteran Italian prepares for his unveiling as the new Republic of Ireland manager in Dublin on Thursday.

Low-fare airline Ryanair today complained to fair trade officers over “unfair, biased and untrue” rulings against the carrier by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Ryanair have announced its first domestic routes in France and Germany.

A new partnership involving Ryanair has today launched a new 'No Nonsense' car insurance product.

Ryanair today responded to a legal action launched by President Sarkozy and Ms Carla Bruni, relating to an advert, which ran in the Le Parisien newspaper last week.

THE British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been branded a “bunch of self-appointed dimwits” for banning a Ryanair promotion.

RYANAIR yesterday triggered fresh anger over baggage charges after announcing increases of up to 100% in fees — with the pledge of more to come.

Budget airline Ryanair increased check-in charges today as it continued its drive for passengers to carry hand luggage and use online services.

A WAR of words broke out yesterday between Aer Lingus and Ryanair over how many passengers were onboard the former’s inaugural flight between Belfast and London.

Ryanair have announced a record two million passengers this Christmas and New Year, across 26 countries on 605 routes.

RYANAIR launched a seat sale blitz on all of its routes out of Cork Airport yesterday to mark the launch of its first European route from the southern capital.

RYANAIR will announce its first route from Cork Airport to mainland Europe today.

RYANAIR, Ireland’s largest airline has issued 2007 traffic statistics for its Irish routes, which show that Ryanair will carry a record 13 million passengers to and from seven Irish airports in 2007.

Ryanair has called on the DAA to "stop lying to the public about its rip-off car park price hikes".

Ryanair has downplayed today's announcement by Aer Lingus that it will appeal to the European Court force the low-cost airline to dispose of its 29% shareholding in Aer Lingus.

Budget airline Ryanair has today launched eight new routes from its Shannon base to Birmingham, Fuerteventura, Kaunas (Lithuania), Leeds, London Luton, Riga, Tenerife and its first domestic service from Shannon to Dublin.

Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will launch 70 new routes across Europe during October.

RYANAIR will announce two new routes from Cork to Scotland and England this morning.

PASSENGERS flying to Spain will be required to comply with an extra layer of paperwork security from next Wednesday.

Ryanair announced today that 4.8 million passengers used the service in August making it the busiest month for the airline this year.

Ryanair has hit out at a British ruling banning its from claiming that its London to Brussels flights are cheaper and faster than Eurostar services.

Ryanair has written to the Association of British Insurers ABI to urge them to introduce risk assessed consumer travel insurance policies based on airline performance.

Ryanair has announced 11 new routes from its bases in Dublin, London, Barcelona, Bremen, Brussels, Marseille and Milan.