Faster, fitter, and a whole lot healthier, Mark English has every reason to believe once again. Ten days out from the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, the Donegal athlete has returned to the kind of form that saw him win a silver medal at the 2015 edition — and he believes a repeat showing could be on the cards.

After last year’s #MeToo blackout, colour made a striking return to the Golden Globes. While political statements were restricted to Time’s Up bracelets and ribbons, the style statements were more pronounced, writes Carolyn Moore.

In the No 11 shirt, the present and the past. In the No 14 shirt, the present and the future.

Maybe the most remarkable thing about Rob Kearney’s new IRFU contract, confirmed yesterday along with extensions for Irish team-mates Rory Best and Iain Henderson, is the lack of discussion that has shadowed its signing.

Locking down Keith Earls to a new contract that keeps him in Munster until after the 2019 World Cup was a piece of savvy business Lansdowne Road mightn’t have got due credit for, says Ronan O’Gara.

Time and again, Leo Cullen has teed up a Champions League tie as a meeting of opposites.

In his weekly column, Ronan O’Gara throws some light on Simon Zebo's much talked about move to France and reflects on an emotional clash with Munster.

The morning after the madness of the day before and normality was holding sway in the heart of the city.

As the old saying goes, Time waits for no man, even if your name is Enda Kenny and you were once the darling of the international media’s green-tinted view of Ireland.

Fine Gael is to attempt to use fresh legal advice to object to a committee’s recommendations to fully scrap water charges and abandon the metering of homes.

Time is running out for parties in the North to agree a powersharing deal.

This best of this week’s new films in Irish cinemas.

Alice goes back to Underland to save the Hatter from his past.

The summer movie season is almost upon us, with blockbusters galore, and some of them don't even have superheroes in them. Not many we'll admit... here's looking at you Independence Day!

Bold new mascaras and a top-notch sheer bronze make May one of the year’s best months for beauty launches so far. Rachel Marie Walsh has the lowdown.

WHEN you speak to Irish artist Colin Davidson, his thoughtfulness is evident. Nothing is throwaway or said for the sake of filling space. Davidson is a thinker, a philosopher of sorts. 

Jockeys Paul Townend and Luke Dempsey made the headlines, for contrasting reasons, in Ballinrobe last night.

Somewhere along the rocky rode he has travelled in recent years — maybe after back surgery pushed him to the sidelines, or maybe when his ‘glutes’ didn’t activate in San Diego; it’s so hard to keep track of his ailments, comebacks, and soap opera episodes — Tiger Woods let it be known that “Father Time was undefeated”.

Hundreds of people observed four and a half minutes of silence yesterday to mark one year since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead by a US police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

From teen idols to flops and back again, Ash have always been willing to adapt to the ever-changing music biz, writes Ed Power

He spent the 1990s plotting against Brian Whelahan and the early 2000s conspiring alongside him, all of which has convinced Mike McNamara that the Birr man will turn things around in Offaly.

So impressive in a lucrative Newbury handicap on his seasonal reappearance last month, Roger Charlton’s three-year-old was a heavily supported 15-8 favourite stepped up to Group Three level.

Time Test looked a much improved performer when winning a handicap on his return at Newbury, and can make the successful step up to Group company in this afternoon’s Tercentenary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Mia Hamm is a legend of women’s soccer in the United States. She is retired some ten years but she is still revered Stateside.

Tyrone 0-9 Monaghan 1-13: Allianz Football League Division 1: It’s three years since Seamus McEneaney’s era ended and the obituaries were written for this generation of Monaghan footballers, but the team he built continues to show obvious signs of rude health under Malachy O’Rourke.

Exceptional miler Kingman has been retired to stud.

Time will come to a standstill today to mark 100 years since the death of the last passenger pigeon and the extinction of what was once the world’s most abundant bird.

“Time is running out” for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken without consent from hospital by his parents as the battery on his feeding system runs out today, British police have said.

“Time is running out” for a five-year-old boy with a brain tumour who was taken without consent from hospital by his parents as the battery on his feeding system runs out today, police have said.

Time is running out to convince Garth Brooks to change his mind and come to Ireland, Labour Relations Commission chief Kieran Mulvey warned today.

As Bill O’Herhily prepares to take his final bow, Eamon Dunphy reflects on the past and explains the secret to the panel’s success

A groundbreaking week, in many ways, as we have Joey Barton to thank for defining, at long last, the morality of sport.

Tottenham head coach Tim Sherwood is not sure why some people appear to want him to fail and will continue to ignore the background noise about his future.

He’s frustrated at the imminent prospect of watching Mr O’Driscoll walk off the stage. No point saying otherwise. For one thing, it will leave Paul O’Connell as the elder statesman on Joe Schmidt’s Ireland team.

The confidential recipient office to deal with internal complaints within the ranks of the gardaí is likely to be discontinued, according to Justice Minister Alan Shatter, who described the system as “deficient”.

Forpadydeplasterer, winner of the 2009 Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, has been retired.

Venerable US television broadcaster Charlie Rose snagged an hour-long interview with retired Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson which aired late Tuesday evening on his long-running nightly PBS show.