Ian Rush says he will bow down to Mohamed Salah should the Egyptian break his Liverpool goals record for a single season in the Champions League final.

It might be hard to imagine Graeme Souness, the Roy Keane of his era, taking to the pitch for even a routine assignment with anything other than his most ferocious battle face on but, as he revealed in his Sunday newspaper column at the weekend, he and his Liverpool team mates were “larking around like 12-year-olds” in the tunnel before they walked out to play Roma in the latter’s own backyard in the 1984 European Cup final.

In a fixture stepped in history, at a ground where legends watch not just from the stands but from the walls and the heavens, Liverpool’s latest hero stepped forward and put his mark on the occasion.

The publication of the interim report into the reopening of garda stations confirms a "firm recommendation" was made to re-open Stepaside Garda station.

The acting Garda commissioner yesterday defended the reopening of Stepaside Garda Station, following accusations that it was a political stroke delivered by Transport, Tourism and Sport Minister Shane Ross.

A 55-year-old man told a post office worker to “fill the bag with money or I will kill you” during an alleged robbery in Dublin, a court has heard.

Ian Rush is the record goalscorer for Liverpool and Wales. These days, he’s an ambassador for Liverpool and Uefa. Rush spends some of his spare time in Cork with his partner Carol Anthony, from Togher. Rush has joined Liverpool on their summer tour with the final stop today (5.15pm) in Dublin as the Reds face Athletic Bilbao at the Aviva Stadium

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Noel Kirwan in Dublin last year.

Wales 4 Moldova 0: Gareth Bale starred as Wales began their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in style with a 4-0 victory over Moldova in Cardiff.

Two young Irish scouts are being hailed as heroes after one fearlessly jumped 20ft into a river and the other pulled a 14-year-old Turkish boy to safety after he hit his head and was in danger of drowning.

A man who attacked a deaf and mute couple before robbing the woman of her handbag has been sentenced to two years.

Ronan O’Gara on all the latest talking points from Les Kiss to the next Ireland captain

The pipes, the pipes are evidently calling Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling,

EMMA WATSON has admitted she felt daunted by the extreme subject matter in her new film, political thriller Colonia Dignidad, but she couldn’t say no to such a strong female role.

There were those who sympathised. They know Basle have always been tricky, especially against the English. These were reasonable people who understood you can’t go missing for five years and just pick up where you left off in 2009. They know it was expected then because Rafa had already earned his stripes at Valencia, while Rodgers is a relative novice.

It’s mere coincidence for us Gooners to be basking in the glow of our first trophy in nine long years, as the silver anniversary of that magical Mickey Thomas moment rolls around.

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It was back on August 24, just two games into the campaign, when Ian Rush began to suspect that Liverpool’s stated target of qualification for the Champions League need not be the sum of their season’s ambitions.

Ian Rush is hoping Brendan Rodgers’ side can outdo the class of 1982 when Liverpool play Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva Stadium in May.

London Fashion Week opened yesterday with up-and-coming designers set to rub shoulders over the next five days with established names such as Vivienne Westwood and Burberry — and Hunter Wellington boots.

As Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield today, Luis Suarez could well feel the hand of history on his shoulder, this being the rivalry which boasts more hat-tricks than any other in Premier League history.

Chris Hemsworth, who has starred in some of 2013's biggest hit films 'Thor: The Dark World', 'Star Trek Into Darkness' and 'Rush, wants to take a step back so he can enjoy time with his wife Elsa Pataky and their 19-month-old daughter India Rose.

There are occasions in football, special moments, when history changes before your very eyes; and Arsenal and Liverpool fans may well find themselves drifting back 26 years when the Premier League’s first and third-placed teams meet today, dreaming of recreating just such a turning point.

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are expecting their first child.

Efforts are continuing to resolve legal proceedings arising from the involvement of Health Minister James Reilly and others in the purchase of a nursing home in Co Tipperary.

Irish-born urban singer and UK reality TV presenter Carol Anthony has spoken for the first time about her love affair with Liverpool football legend Ian Rush.

Derby County manager Nigel Clough says Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni should only comment on the form of Conor Sammon and Jeff Hendrick and not discuss their club status.

An Irishman has died after apparently falling from a balcony while on holiday in Tenerife.

A Dublin man has died in an accident on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Gullit and Van Basten, Ronaldo and Rivaldo, Salas and Zamorano, Bebeto and Romario, Pele and Jairzinho, Torres and Villa, Klinsmann and Voller; some of the greatest strike partnerships of all time have been forged at international level and provided the World Cup and European Championship with so many memorable moments.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has warned expectant fans they may have to be patient as realisation of his vision for the way the team play may be some time coming to fruition.

Record goalscorer Ian Rush has rejected the suggestion striker Andy Carroll is not a Liverpool-type player and has backed the £35m signing to come good in time.

A man left distraught by the loss of his wife, murdered in the infamous Omagh bombing, has died.

Dan Parks was the hero as Cardiff Blues continued their winning return to the Arms Park with a RaboDirect PRO12 victory over Ulster.

TABLE-TOPPERS Leinster have named a close to full-strength team for today’s Rabo Pro-12 match against Cardiff.

GAVIN HENSON’S long-awaited return to rugby saw the Blues move back into the RaboDirect Pro 12 play-off places.

DAN PARKS kicked 20 points as Cardiff Blues maintained their unbeaten start to the Heineken Cup and leapfrogged Edinburgh to go top of Pool Two at Cardiff City Stadium last night.

A 23-year-old Dublin man has been jailed for seven years for fatally stabbing a father-to-be, in front of his heavily pregnant girlfriend.

The family of a young man killed in front of the mother of his unborn baby has said that part of them died with him that night and that some days they don’t want to live.

LEINSTER manager Guy Easterby has rejected claims that tomorrow’s RaboDirect Pro12 game against Cardiff Blues has been undermined by the Wales-Australia Test match on Saturday.

FLY-HALF Dan Parks kicked 14 points as Cardiff Blues made it two from two in the Heineken Cup with a scrappy win over 14-man London Irish at Cardiff City Stadium.

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