Current CEO Ronnie Counihan is to retire next year after 20 years at the helm of the historic hotel and 45 years in hospitality.

Amateur James Cahill has beaten five-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8 in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Michael Judge stands one win away from a comeback of Tiger Woods proportions — and making World Championship history.

Rod Stewart tells Ed Power about his upcoming Irish dates, his cover of Grace, and his ongoing love affair with football.

And so with one coatless bound across Turf Moor, he was free; what a disappointing Sunday for all the Mourinho haters across the world.

Tara Erraught is enjoying a blossoming international career. Fresh from her Met debut, she comes home to Ireland to play Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro. Cathy Desmond met the mezzo in Munich

Cadaver dogs which have been used in searches for the ‘Disappeared’ in the North have been deployed as part of the massive Tina Satchwell search operation.

Fr Ted writer Arthur Mathews has been going to the Drogs for years. Liam Mackey finds out why. 

"We appreciate what Ronnie does but if he wants to not play any more then so be it."

Ronnie O'Sullivan was "glad" his bid for an eighth Masters title was over after struggling with illness in his 6-1 quarter-final loss to Mark Allen.

Right, here we go. Time to give the checklist a final once-over.

Update November 13: Ronnie has been located safe and well.

Franc is back. Ciara McDonnell chats to Peter Kelly about the highly anticipated Irish version of US TV hit, Say Yes To The Dress. 

Enda McEvoy reflects on how the game - and punditry - played out on TV.

When cartoonist Peter Larkin drew a caricature of snooker legend of Ronnie O'Sullivan, we don't think he was expecting this reaction.

Ronnie Whelan has heard it many times before, since he sat on the famous perch with the rest of Liverpool’s last great team: That first rumble of doubt about a manager in which so much hope has been invested.

With Ronnie Mitchell laid to rest, Samantha Womack has been reborn as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, writes Ed Power.

Is snooker set up wrong?

Ronnie O’Sullivan denied he snubbed the chance of a maximum break as he crashed out of the Betfred World Championship to Ding Junhui.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been told to “grow up” by World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn as he prepares to head to the Crucible.

Steven Kelly takes a look at the iconic life of former Liverpool player and coach Ronnie Moran.

Despite half a century in the public eye as the author of 23 bestselling novels, John le Carré is still hiding in plain sight. 

Garrett Gomez, winner of 13 races at the Breeders’ Cup, died at the age of 44 last month.

Adaptability. It’s a skill set which doesn’t normally enjoy the glamour and glitz of its cousins Talent, Innovation, and Inspiration.

Ronnie O'Sullivan bowed out of the Scottish Open, losing 5-2 to quarter-final opponent John Higgins in Glasgow.

West Cork-based Keith Payne is using his set design experience with the likes of Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones to judge inventive creations at the Stradbally event, writes Ellie O’Byrne

THERE is an emotional attachment between people and their cars, writes Declan Colley

Larry Ryan on what we’ll miss most from Gilesy…   

Before the 1995 National League final against Kilkenny, my back was in bits. I wanted to play. I convinced management I was fit to play. I thought we would win. I wanted to lift the cup. 

A field of 16 is set to go to post for tomorrow’s Investec Derby at Epsom.

All set for the big one tomorrow? The Super Sunday to beat them all?

The former US first lady Nancy Reagan died in California yesterday at the age of 94. 

LIVELY octogenarian Dr Veronica Dunne — known to everyone as Ronnie — hasn’t stopped working in her chosen field since childhood, writes Jo Kerrigan.