Macroom TroutAnglers’ Alistair Earley was top rod in the Juvenile Lake Interprovincial trout fly angling competition fished at Lough Lein, Killarney.

A 45-year-old man extradited from Spain has been charged in connection with the largest-ever drugs haul in Ireland.

Former England assistant coaches Mike Ford and John Wells are to leave the Rugby Football Union with immediate effect.

Mike Tindall today accused the Rugby Football Union of making him a “scapegoat” in a statement released through the Rugby Players Association

ENGLAND’S RFU were last night offered some respite from the chaos that has engulfed Twickenham by posting a record financial performance of £8.7m (€10m) profit.

A 15-year-old boy who had been drinking heavily went missing in a strange area and drowned, an inquest heard today.

WHATEVER about the holders ‘leaving it behind them’, as manager Pat Joe Whelahan suggested afterwards, the relative ease with which Ballyhale Shamrocks built up an eight points lead in the first-half undoubtedly inspired their sixth AIB Leinster Club hurling title win in Nowlan Park yesterday.

BIRR are confident of being able to call on the services of county players Stephen Brown and Gary Hanniffy for their AIB Leinster club hurling final against Ballyboden-St. Enda’s in Tullamore on Sunday week.

GARDAÍ investigating last week’s record €107 million cocaine haul were examining fresh evidence last night recovered from the seabed off Cork.

NOT MANY young golfers get to take on Tiger Woods, let alone beat them, on the world’s top courses, but gaming enthusiast Stephen Brown from Birr will soon be doing just that — albeit electronically.

PADRAIG BROWNE, who missed Limerick's easy 2A win over London last weekend because of studies, returns at left-corner back in place of Pat Ranahan for Sunday's visit to Donegal.

Darren Clarke has started strongly in the Nissan Irish Open today. After a brief stint in a share of the lead, he is now on -3 after five holes.

Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says the past year’s rise in the price of oil, gasoline and industrial commodities should prove “transitory”, enabling the Fed to raise interest rates gradually and curb inflation without smothering expansion.

25 Stratton Pines has attracted a lot if interest.

Waterford ended the Allianz NHL on a high note as they defeated Offaly following a lively clash in Birr.

Tipperary showed they had the appetite back as they demolished the Offaly challenge with a devestating second half display in this All-Ireland senior hurling championship qualifier at Portlaoise.

Simon Whelehan made a glorious return after injury to inspire Offaly champions Birr to a convincing victory over Castletown (Laois) in the AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship final replay at Nolan Park.

The man accused of murdering British schoolgirl Caroline Dickinson is considering an appeal against his extradition from the US to face trial in France.