Ulster kept their play-off hopes alive after edging past Edinburgh in a breathless encounter at BT Murrayfield.

Are you one of the thousands of bicycle theft victims? Rita de Brún asks what precautions cyclists can take to put the brakes on pedaling pilferers

Duncan Weir's last-gasp drop goal secured four vital points for Edinburgh in the Guinness PRO14 as they won 17-16 at Ulster.

Wasps 26 - Ulster 7: Wasps ended their European Champions Cup group campaign on a winning note with a convincing 26-7 victory over Ulster at the Ricoh Arena.

Ulster 52 Dragons 25: Ballymena’s Nick Timoney marked his first Ulster start with a double helping as the home side charged virtually unopposed to the top of Conference B following a comprehensive eight-try drubbing of a dreadful Dragons outfit at the Kingspan Stadium last night.

Ulster maintained their perfect start to the Guinness PRO14 season with an eight-try annihilation of the Dragons at the Kingspan Stadium which saw the province take top spot in Conference B.

Ulster 17 Leinster 13: Thankfully it wasn’t all about the game itself on a bright summer’s day at the Kingspan Stadium on Saturday. At least two stand-out moments came from the two Ulster players who were bidding farewell to a venue they had graced on numerous occasions.

Ulster 24 Cardiff Blues 24: Cardiff Blues dented Ulster’s hopes of making the Guinness PRO12 play-offs when they carved out a share of the points at the Kingspan Stadium last night.

The head of Heineken in Ireland has said alcohol suppliers have a moral obligation to make it “uncool to be drunk”, adding that she does not “give a shit” if her stance gets her fired from the company.

Companies that come to Ireland are often frustrated by a failure of authorities to plan and deliver on the most basic of services from roads to water.

Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup final:

Moving the budget to October has hit the consumer confidence index as households prepare to enter 2014 unsure how their finances will be affected.

Married father of quads and chartered architect Tom Byrne is not where he wants to be, but admits “needs must”.

St Gabriel’s (London) 4-17Lisbellaw St Patrick’s (Fermanagh) 2-7

Burt 3-14 Sean MacCumhaills 1-12

Fermanagh produced a storming second-half performance to defeat Longford in this Lory Meagher Cup first round clash at Brewster Park, Enniskillen on Saturday.

Fermanagh 2-15 Warwickshire 2-5

A NURSE who stole prescription forms and forged doctors’ signatures to get medicines to feed her drug habit is among three who have been struck off the official nurses’ register.

TWO goals by wing-forward Mairead Cooper proved decisive as Antrim were crowned TG4 All-Ireland ladies junior football champions at Croke Park yesterday.

Antrim 3-10 Limerick 2-8

IT seems US police chief John Timoney, whom Garda Representative Association general secretary PJ Stone hails as a 'senior and respected policeman' (Irish Examiner, March 25), has seen fit to weigh in on an internal Irish police matter.

ONE of America’s most distinguished police officers has claimed a garda reserve won’t work because the force cannot rely on volunteers.

Jimmy Woulfe