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Coverage of the Premier League begins this week across a number of channels, with live games on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Friday.

Cork and Kerry football fans will enjoy the banter in Killarney at this evening’s Munster final replay and many will meet at McSweeney’s Corner on their way to Fitzgerald Stadium.

THOUGH it’s four years since world boxing champion Bernard Dunne retired, his fighting spirit is as strong as ever.

After gathering momentum all year, the organisers of Ireland’s biggest ever tourism promotion were not about to let the pace slacken on the last night of 2013.

Final preparations are underway ahead of tonight's New Year's Eve celebrations

A veritable who’s who of rugby, the wider sporting arena, society figures, and even a hint of Hollywood stardust turned out to pay homage to Ireland’s greatest rugby player at the Convention Centre in Dublin last night.

Dublin fans turned out in force tonight to salute Jim Gavin, Stephen Cluxton and the 2013 All-Ireland winning panel at the 'homecoming' event in Merrion Square.

Electric Picnic organisers have today revealed which bands would be playing on each day of the festival.

Business people in Tralee are being asked to dig deep to support the town’s annual rose festival, which is reckoned to be worth €7m to the local economy.

WITH the release of the line-ups for Oxegen and Electric Picnic, the big headache for promoters is how to keep out the under-18s.

Bressie and the Happy Mondays have been announced to play at Leopardstown in the summer series of Bulmers Live evenings.

Following four months of competition, heartwarming and spirit-lifting singer Keith Hanley has scored himself a recording contract after being voted the Voice of Ireland.

There must be music in the air around north Cork to attract the kind of talent that makes it to the national final of The Voice Of Ireland, RTÉ’s singing competition now in its second year.

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WE’RE bang in the middle of the summer festival season, and July shows no signs of letting up. Practically every weekend is cram-packed with music and/or arts festivities all around the country, ranging from Kinsale Arts Week to the Galway Film Fleadh to a national scarecrow festival. So get planning.

Hi Emperor gave trainer Sean Hennessy his first training success when justifying 5/4 favouritism in the Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter Maiden at Fairyhouse last night.

THEY hailed it as a toast to Arthur but for many midday imbibers it meant a toast to sobriety as pubs around the country closed for an hour yesterday afternoon to prepare for a ticket-only invite to a party celebrating the life of Arthur Guinness.

GAA officials are hoping to ape the success of gridiron’s Super Bowl by taking their All-Ireland finals beyond the gates of Croke Park and creating a Dublin-wide festival for the month of September.

Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Black Eyed Peas and Arctic Monkeys will be among the headliners at Oxegen 2011, it was announced tonight.

Yorkshire rivals Leeds and Castleford continued their contrasting build-up to the Challenge Cup semi-finals in a thoroughly entertaining Super League derby at the Jungle.

Hull coach Shaun McRae is worried that tonight’s Super League clash with in-form Leeds Rhinos may have come a little too early in the season for his side.

Ireland captain Terry O’Connor is looking for his side to pick up from where they left off in the World Cup when they take on France in Albi later this month.