Ballyhale Shamrocks’ golden generation of players enter the arena on Sunday as warm favourites for the All-Ireland club title, and deserved favourites at that.

Queues formed at Dublin’s GPO this morning as fans snapped up the two new stamps and special collector stamp sheets.

The six minute clip documents doing a shift at the hairdressers where she used to work and popping into the local pub for a of Guinness.

The European Commission's president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, announced Mr Hogan's new role in a speech this morning.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of property and interiors.

Two more Irish boats have secured qualification for next summer's Olympic Games.

Even by Phil Mickelson’s standards, his preparations for Sunday’s final round of the BMW Championship at Medinah, outside Chicago, were a little too exciting for comfort.

Claire Guinan’s exhibition includes a new painting of Phil Lynott, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

A moment of arrival for Ciara Neville, packed into 11.33 blissful seconds of blazing speed, which passed by in a bright, brilliant blur.

Phil Hogan would be the right man for the job, if only he was a woman. It’s as simple as that.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has asked the EU to reappoint ex-Fine Gael minister Phil Hogan to a €270,000 a year commissioner role, despite farmers accusing the EU agriculture commissioner of “selling them out” over the Mercosur beef deal.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed the Government will ask the EU to re-appoint ex-Fine Gael minister Phil Hogan as an EU commissioner - despite the backlash over the Mercosur deal.

Phil Hogan has been nominated for a second term as European Commissioner by the Taoiseach.

Henrik Stenson figured the least he could do after hitting a fan at the U.S. Open with an errant 8-iron was to pose for a selfie.

Close your eyes, open your ears wide, click your heels three times and you could be in the Maracana.

The 88-year-old passed away this morning after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Current owner Dean Hoyle announced early last month that he had agreed to sell a 75% stake in the club to lifelong Terriers fan Phil Hodgkinson but the EFL have not yet approved the deal.

Graeme McDowell is relishing a return to the scene of his greatest triumph as he continues his bid to get back among the world's elite.

Here’s one thing you knew about Páraic Fanning. He’s Mount Sion and Déise hurling royalty.

Outside the National Sports Campus, people like Liam Harbison don’t register, a bit like the powerbrokers pulling the strings in the West Wing. Dubliner Harbison is the ‘chief of staff’, one of the most powerful and influential people in an Irish sporting landscape that has capitalised on the political fallout following the Rio Olympics.

Paul Pogba took barely half an hour to offer his epitaph for Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United career - or so it seemed.

Jon Rahm will be watching tonight’s multi-million dollar showdown between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, either in person or on TV, despite admitting the contest has come at least 10 years too late.

Mother of three and grandmother of four, Eddie Brocklesby is focusing on completing her seventh Ironman next week in Mexico. Margaret Jennings speaks to the inspirational 75-year-old

The 10,000 emails of “who’s playing today” and the millions of replies may seem, on the face of it, dull, but they are a social history of their own, writes Colm O’Regan

Keegan Bradley was never more nervous than the moments before his Ryder Cup debut. He had the opening tee shot in foursomes at Medinah against Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald, a European tandem that had never lost in four matches against some of America’s best players.

Joey Tempest of the big-haired metal band tellsn Ed Power about megahit ‘The Final Countdown’ and his time living in this country.

Avoiding compulsory military service has a long and honourable history — from cross-dressing Corporal Klinger in MASH to Donald Trump’s bone spurs — and the recent plight of Tottenham’s South Korean striker Son Heung-min showed that the art of draft-dodging remains highly relevant, writes Tommy Martin.

Gary Neville had already spent the morning talking Premier League but, like any good full-back who spends the 90 minutes motoring up and down the sideline, there was no sign of him flagging come the resumption after lunch.

Even those with a great love and admiration for the club and the village believe that Lahinch has undertaken a mountainous challenge in agreeing to stage the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Championship.

Phil Mickelson is “embarrassed and disappointed” by his actions after deliberately hitting a moving ball at last week’s US Open to prevent it rolling off the green.

Disqualification. In a word, that’s what should have happened to Phil Mickelson on Saturday, following one of the most bizarre moments in the history of professional golf. Lefty will be remembered for his five Majors, his six runner-up spots in the US Open, and his incredible short game, but his antics on Saturday at Shinnecock have tarnished his legacy.

The parents of 14-year-old Ana (Anastasia) Kriégel have asked people to bring “sparkle and colour” to their daughter’s funeral.

Philip Roth passed away last week, but anyone who read last week’s column can breathe easy. I’m not going to try to write in his style the way I did with Tom Wolfe last Monday: the liver is safe in your fridge.

Tuesday, the opening day of the Punchestown, was to be Willie Mullins’ day. Expectation was high that the stable could make the necessary start in its bid to reel in championship leader Gordon Elliott in the race for the trainers’ title. And so it did.

Two sisters, whose aunt and uncle died within six months of each other, were described as a cut above the rest yesterday after turning tragedy to triumph.

The jetty is a bit shaky and the timbers are rotted in places, but the wooden structure is sound enough to permit visitors to Illaunslea, Kenmare Bay, Co Kerry.

Danny Boy? Grace? Róisín Dubh?

Could the rise of golf’s kiddie corps take a back seat this week at the Masters?

Why is our idea of how a woman should look so inherently tied to the preferred feminine? asks the newly-shorn Geraldine Walsh.

Tiger Woods has compared the hype ahead of his first Masters appearance since 2015 to that which preceded his completion of the ‘Tiger Slam’.

WOW!

Tiger Woods will be inspired by seeing long-time rival Phil Mickelson get back in the winners' circle, according to three-time major winner Jordan Spieth.