Irish writer Ronan Bennett has teamed up with Drake to resurrect gritty drama Top Boy, writes Ed Power.

Two counties with their championship season on the line but only one that seemed in any way interested in extending their campaign as Longford cruised to victory over an insipid Carlow side

Personal trainer Matt Roberts had to come up with a new fitness plan when he realised his metabolism had changed in his 40s, writes Marjorie Brennan

The chief executive of Retail Northern Ireland has warned that the latest ATM robbery is causing major problems for small family-owned businesses.

PRETTY Woman, Erin Brockovich, Notting Hill; it’s easy to reel off a long list of Julia Roberts’ hit films. Try and name a TV show she has starred in though, and you’d struggle — until now, that is.

For the second week in a row, the quality of rugby on offer across the Heineken Champions Cup pool fixtures has been overshadowed by decisions made by referees and their interpretation of tackling laws, writes Donal Lenihan

Whatever this was, friendly or competitive fare, it was carnage. And who’s to say it will get any better?

The Republic of Ireland fall behind to an early goal and it is a beautifully crafted strike.

A wheelchair user wept as he recalled how he was attacked as he slept in his specially modified camper van. He thought he was going to be killed.

Sky shares leaped to an 18-year high yesterday as investors bet that a transatlantic battle for the TV group had further to run after Comcast’s $34bn (€29bn) bid trumped an offer from Rupert Murdoch made just hours earlier.

Celtic 2 Republic of Ireland XI 2: This was always going to be a day when the Brown name dominated Celtic Park yet a midfielder with a similarly sounding surname put his stamp on the occasion too.

Tony Bellew has insisted he will continue to fight and has targeted Tyson Fury and Andre Ward as potential future opponents.

Celtic 5 Rangers 0: Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers admits his side should have equalled their record Old Firm win after they clinched their seventh successive Premiership title in stunning style with a 5-0 thrashing of Rangers at Parkhead.

Joe McNamee shares the latest foodie news

In every sport, there’s a team, or a venue, or an event, or a player that proves to be someone’s nemesis. Sometimes it just gets in the player’s head but it proves to be a complete bogeyman… and golf is littered with them, says Kevin Markham

Plunging temperatures and widespread ice are expected to cause more problems for road and air travellers in the UK today.

Parts of the UK have been blanketed in a layer of snow as forecasters warned of possible disruption and plunging temperatures.

Wales 18 New Zealand 33: Wales could be minus a third of the team beaten by New Zealand for next Saturday’s autumn series finale against South Africa.

Before we start indulging in the mince pies and mulled wine, it’s a good time to tackle our waistlines. Fitness guru Matt Roberts shares his targeted exercise and eating programme with Peta Bee

Grotesque abuse hurled at Cyrus Christie online came to the fore this week, the latest example of how football, and sport in general, continues to battle the scourge of racism.

A seven-year-old girl who suffered "critical injuries" in an incident at a house on Friday morning has died in hospital, police said.

A four-hour hostage situation at a bowling alley in England ended in a flurry of blasts when police swooped to free two men from their shotgun-wielding captor.

Latest: The suspect in the hostage situation at MFA Bowl in England has been treated at the scene and taken to hospital, while two other men escaped uninjured.

Anderlecht 0 Celtic 3: Celtic got their Champions League campaign up and running with an outstanding 3-0 win over Anderlecht in Brussels last night.

Celtic got their Champions League campaign up and running with an outstanding win over Anderlecht in Brussels.

Celtic 0 PSG 5: Free-spending Paris St Germain demonstrated their prowess with a 5-0 thumping of Celtic in their Champions League opener at Parkhead.

Celtic's chances of signing Patrick Roberts ahead of their final Champions League qualifier suffered a major blow when the winger was included in Manchester City's travelling party for a training camp in Catalonia.

A global counter-extremism organisation has praised the international police operation that led to the arrest in Dublin of an Algerian national on suspicion of supporting jihadist terrorism.

Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies has revealed there is "constant dialogue" about the possibility of Patrick Roberts returning to Parkhead.

The Big Sick ****

India stands on the threshold of global economic dominance, with a massive population set to eclipse that of China. Noel Baker savours an optimistic vision of the world’s largest democracy

IF, AS Farley and Roberts suggest — based on research by an American academic — that being a published poet is more dangerous than being a deep sea diver, then the premise of this book is self evident: Not alone should poets be uninsurable, but their company should be avoided at all costs.

Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the Twelve Step programme of recovery from addiction.

Celtic were at their thrilling best as they thrashed Partick Thistle 5-0 in their Ladbrokes Premiership encounter at Firhill.

Patrick Roberts reiterated his desire to play for Celtic with a double in the Hoops' commanding 4-1 Ladbrokes Premiership home win over St Johnstone.

Brendan Rodgers is now just 90 minutes away from joining Celtic's elite band of treble-winning bosses after his team beat Rangers 2-0 to book their place in the William Hill Scottish Cup final.

On a day when Jordan Spieth got that sinking feeling again, Brian Keogh examines the major talking points...

Partick Thistle keeper Tomas Cerny saved a Scott Sinclair penalty as Ladbrokes Premiership champions Celtic dropped points for only the third time this season in a 1-1 draw.

The walk from the ninth green to the 10th tee at Augusta National takes less than a minute, but the significance of that brief period of time on April 10, 1997, cannot be underestimated.

Hearts 0 Celtic 5

Celtic have won the Scottish Premiership title for the sixth season in a row after a 5-0 win over Hearts at Tynecastle.

Centre Jonathan Davies has claimed “it just didn’t seem right” after Wales’ RBS 6 Nations campaign ended in controversial and crushing fashion against France.

Substitute Moussa Dembele scored a sensational second-half hat-trick as Celtic extended their unbeaten domestic run to 29 games with a 5-2 win at St Johnstone.