Courtown RNLI in County Wexford have released footage of their rescue of a teenage girl with suspected spinal injuries whom they had to keep afloat in the sea for 40 minutes.

A full house of 30,000 will watch Galway play Dublin in Boston in Super 11 hurling. It provides a platform to present hurling to larger audiences, writes Donal Óg Cusack from Boston.

Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and the Clancys were among the Irish musicians influenced by Lead Belly, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Two senior officials of New England Sports Ventures have been appointed as members of the Liverpool board and will be at Anfield tomorrow for the Reds’ match against Blackburn.

Celtic and Rangers could play their first Old Firm game outside Scotland this summer at Fenway Park, the historic home of baseball’s Boston Red Sox.